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

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

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

Bills named: H.R. 2576 (114th), S. 697 (114th)

Defense DEF

H.R. 1735/S. 1376, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 H.R. 2685/S. 1558, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 Interim rule relating to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services (80 Fed. Reg. 51,739, Aug. 26, 2015)

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

Bills named: H.R. 1735 (114th), S. 1558 (114th), S. 1376 (114th), H.R. 2685 (114th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 978/S. 489, Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2015 Various issues relating to Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and Regulation

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

Bills named: S. 1269 (114th), S. 489 (114th), H.R. 978 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 3, Keystone XL Pipeline Act H.R 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 351/S.33, LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R. 504/S. 1038, Energy Star Program Integrity Act H.R. 702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions H.R. 873, To promote energy efficiency, and for other purposes H.R. 1273, Energy Savings and Building Efficiency Act of 2015 H.R. 1629 / S. 858, Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2015 H.R. 1734, Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015 H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2073, Home Owner Managing Energy Savings (HOMES) Act of 2015 H.R. 2177 / S. 720, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 H.R. 2358, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 3663/S. 2117, To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act S. 128/S. 535, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1312, Energy Supply and Distribution Act of 2015 S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 S. 1933, Electrify Africa Act of 2015 S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 S. 2152, Electrify Africa Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to H. R. 4615/S. 1106, Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (SAVE) Act of 2014 Proposed regulations on energy conservation program: energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and freezers (78 Fed. Reg. 55,782, September 11, 2013) Proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (79 Fed. Reg. 1,430-1,519, January 8, 2014) (79 Fed. Reg. 34,829-34,958, June 18, 2014) Proposed regulations on energy conservation standards for ceiling fan light kits (80 Fed. Reg. 48,624, August 13, 2015) Proposed regulations on energy conservation standards for refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines (80 Fed. Reg. 50,462, August 19, 2015) Proposed regulations on energy conservation standards for battery chargers (80 Fed. Reg. 52,850, September 1, 2015) Final rule on energy conservation standards and test procedures for commercial heating, air-conditioning and water-heating equipment (80 Fed. Reg. 42,614, July 17, 2015) Final rule on energy conservation standards for packaged terminal air conditioners and packaged terminal heat pumps (80 Fed. Reg. 43,162, July 21, 2015) Various issues relating to regulatory permit streamlining; 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; potential amendment to House and Senate budget legislation regarding performance-based contracts for energy savings and Congressional Budget Office scoring; potential amendment to appropriations legislation regarding the use of the social cost of carbon in federal rulemaking and policymaking; potential amendment to Senate appropriations legislation regarding infrastructure permitting reform; 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); use of linear no-threshold model for assessing the risks of low-level exposures to ionizing radiation; environment and energy policy; energy savings performance contracts presidential initiative; energy efficiency

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

Bills named: S. 1312 (114th), H.R. 1629 (114th), S. 1038 (114th), S. 280 (114th), S. 1933 (114th), S. 1425 (114th), S. 2152 (114th), H.R. 4615 (114th), H.R. 3663 (114th), S. 535 (114th), S. 1324 (114th), S. 720 (114th), H.R. 1273 (114th), H.R. 2073 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), H.R. 2177 (114th), S. 1 (114th), H.R. 504 (114th), S. 2117 (114th), H.R. 873 (114th), H.R. 1734 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 2042 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), S. 33 (114th), H.R. 702 (114th), S. 226 (114th), H.R. 2358 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), S. 128 (114th), H.R. 427 (114th), S. 858 (114th), S. 1106 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), H.R. 3 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), H.R. 351 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 2, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act of 2015 H.R. 160, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 248, American Job Protection Act H.R. 879, Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans' Health Plans Act H.R. 928, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 1189/S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act H.R. 1190/S. 141, Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015 H.R. 1196, Health Savings Act of 2015 H.R. 1270/S. 709, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015 H.R. 1423/S. 775, Self-Insurance Protection Act H.R. 1624/S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 2712, Commonsense Reporting and Verification Act of 2015 H.R. 2911, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act H.R. 3081/S. 1778, TELE-MED Act of 2015 H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015, including provisions relating to Senate Amendments 2882 and 2884 S. 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2015 S. 149, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 183, Jobs and Premium Protection Act S. 305, American Job Protection Act S. 1697, Small Business Healthcare Relief Act S. 1996, Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015 S. 2045, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 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 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) 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 Rule on Regarding How the Americans with Disabilities Act Relates To Employer Wellness Programs (80 Fed. Reg. 21,659-21,670, April 20, 2015) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 1630) 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 implementation of regulatory process, legislative corrections, provider network adequacy, definition of small group market, coverage, financing, delivery reform, health savings accounts (HSAs), health reimbursement accounts (HRAs), and flexible spending accounts (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, 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, delivery reform changes to Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug prices, Medicare Prescription Drug (Part D) rebates, non-interference with Part D prescription drug prices; entitlement reform; health information technology; telemedicine services in Medicare

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

Bills named: S. 141 (114th), S. 775 (114th), S. 149 (114th), H.R. 2911 (114th), S. 2045 (114th), H.R. 1189 (114th), S. 1996 (114th), S. 1099 (114th), H.R. 3081 (114th), H.R. 3762 (114th), S. 183 (114th), H.R. 879 (114th), H.R. 928 (114th), H.R. 2050 (114th), H.R. 30 (114th), H.R. 248 (114th), S. 620 (114th), H.R. 1624 (114th), S. 1778 (114th), H.R. 2 (114th), S. 305 (114th), H.R. 1196 (114th), H.R. 1190 (114th), S. 1697 (114th), S. 709 (114th), H.R. 1423 (114th), S. 30 (114th), H.R. 1270 (114th), H.R. 160 (114th), H.R. 2712 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185/S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015 H.R.585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 712/S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030/S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 H.R. 1667/S. 292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2098/S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 168, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act S. 708, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1140, Federal Water Quality Protection Act H.J. Res. 71/S.J. Res. 23, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units" H.J. Res. 72/S.J. Res. 24, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units" S. Con. Res. 11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 743 Draft legislation on reforming the Endangered Species Act, particularly state review of potential species listings and critical habitat designations Proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (79 Fed. Reg. 1,430-1,519, January 8, 2014) (79 Fed. Reg. 34,829-34,958, June 18, 2014) Proposed regulations on stream protection (80 Fed. Reg. 44,436, July 27, 2015) Proposed regulations on source determination for certain emission unites in the oil and natural gas sector, including provisions relating to the definition of term adjacent (80 Fed. Reg. 56,579, September 18, 2015) Proposed regulation on greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy-duty engines and vehicles - phase 2 (80 Fed. Reg. 53,756, September 8, 2015) Proposed regulations on management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals (80 Fed. Reg. 58,014, September 25, 2015) Proposed regulations on hazardous waste generator improvements (80 Fed. Reg. 57,918, September 25, 2015) Proposed regulations on federal plan requirements for greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility generating units constructed on or before January 8, 2014; model trading rules; amendments to framework regulations (80 Fed. Reg. 64,966, October 23, 2015) Proposed regulations on cross-state air pollution rule update for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS (80 Fed. Reg. 75,706, December 3, 2015) Potential rule revisions on hazardous waste export-import RIN 2050-AG77 Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings;EPAs regulation of greenhouse gases; EPAs clean energy incentive program; regional haze; role of economy wide modeling in the U.S. EPA analysis of air regulations; EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; proposed stream protection rule; environment and energy policy; 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.; definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; FOIA requests for citizen suits; support for testimony regarding the Clean Power Plan, new ozone standards, and the Waters of the United States Rule; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process - including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; potential amendment to appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; requests for correction of data under the Information Quality Act (P.L. 106-554, Section 515); G-7 circular economy summit planning; compensatory mitigation; EPAs buffer stream rule

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

Bills named: S. 544 (114th), H.R. 1732 (114th), S. 697 (114th), S. 751 (114th), S. 639 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), S.J.Res. 24 (114th), S. 708 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th), S. 543 (114th), S. 112 (114th), S. 1140 (114th), H.R. 585 (114th), S. 293 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), S. 378 (114th), H.J.Res. 72 (114th), S.J.Res. 23 (114th), S. 280 (114th), H.J.Res. 71 (114th), S. 2006 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), H.R. 1320 (114th), H.R. 1667 (114th), S. 1425 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), H.R. 427 (114th), H.R. 2098 (114th), H.R. 1030 (114th), H.R. 1599 (114th), S.Con.Res. 11 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), S. 640 (114th), S. 168 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), H.R. 185 (114th), S. 226 (114th), S. 638 (114th), S. 292 (114th)

Government Issues GOV

H.R. 3, Keystone XL Pipeline Act H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act H.R. 161, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 185/S. 2006, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 348, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 427/S. 226, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 H.R. 504/S. 1038, Energy Star Program Integrity Act H.R. 527, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 H.R. 555, Federal Exchange Data Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 712/S. 378, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1030/S. 544, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1155, Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 1735/S. 1376, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, including provisions relating to procurement policy, inversion contracting matters and contractor blacklisting H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2134, Listing Reform Act H.R. 2557, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to anti-inversion policy H.R. 2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to section 547 H.R. 2631/S. 1487, Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015 H.R. 2685/S. 1558, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to procurement policy, inversion contracting matters and contractor blacklisting H.R. 3438/S. 1927, Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2015 H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015, including provisions relating to anti-inversion policy H.R. 3763, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, including provisions relating to Buy America H.R. 4000, Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015 S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act S. 33, LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act S. 88, General Duty Clarification Act of 2015 S. 177, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 779, Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 S. 1027, Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 S. 2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 Draft legislation titled Data Breach and Cybersecurity Interim rule relating to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services (80 Fed. Reg. 51,739, August. 26, 2015) Proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (79 Fed. Reg. 1,430-1,519, January 8, 2014) (79 Fed. Reg. 34,829-34,958, June 18, 2014) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining, government transparency in rulemakings, and performing administrative proceedings; environment and energy policy; 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; oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; retrospective review of existing agency regulations by federal agencies; potential amendment to House and Senate budget legislation regarding performance-based contracts for energy savings and Congressional Budget Office scoring; FOIA requests for citizen suits; Information Quality Act (P.L. 106-554, Section 515) private right of action;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); proposed amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; potential amendment to Senate appropriations legislation regarding infrastructure permitting reform; potential amendment to appropriations legislation regarding the use of the social cost of carbon in federal rulemaking and policymaking; use of linear no-threshold model for assessing the risks of low-level exposures of ionizing radiation; citizen suits recodifications; open internet order; petition for reconsideration for FCC protective order in Time Warner/Charter Communications licensing proceeding; OMB/OIRA policy regarding calculation of environmental, energy, and other regulations economic benefits based on estimates of social cost of carbon dioxide and social cost of other greenhouse gases

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

Bills named: S. 33 (114th), S. 751 (114th), S. 1927 (114th), H.R. 8 (114th), S. 544 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), H.R. 2134 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), S. 1376 (114th), H.R. 4000 (114th), S. 1038 (114th), S. 280 (114th), S. 543 (114th), S. 779 (114th), S. 1487 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 161 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), S. 293 (114th), S. 640 (114th), H.R. 3738 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), S. 638 (114th), S. 226 (114th), S. 378 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), H.R. 3438 (114th), H.R. 2042 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), H.R. 185 (114th), S. 1 (114th), H.R. 527 (114th), H.R. 3 (114th), H.R. 504 (114th), S. 639 (114th), H.R. 555 (114th), S. 1558 (114th), H.R. 3762 (114th), H.R. 1320 (114th), S. 2006 (114th), H.R. 3763 (114th), H.R. 2631 (114th), H.R. 427 (114th), H.R. 1735 (114th), S. 1027 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 585 (114th), H.R. 1030 (114th), H.R. 2578 (114th), H.R. 1155 (114th), S. 177 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), H.R. 2685 (114th), S. 1324 (114th), S. 88 (114th)

Science/Technology SCI

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

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 22, Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, including provisions relating to House Amendment 813, prohibiting Export-Import Bank assistance to state-sponsors of terrorism H.R. 403, Free Trade with Cuba Act H.R. 597, Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act H.R. 635, Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 664/S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act H.R. 978/S. 489, Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 1031/S. 824, Promoting U.S. Jobs through Exports Act of 2015 H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 H.R. 1314, Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 1986, to reauthorize and reform the Export-Import Bank of the United States H.R. 1890/S. 995, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 1907, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2146, Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act, including provisions relating to Title 1, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 2393, Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) grants H.R. 2745/S. 2102, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015 H.R. 2772, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 3611/S. 819, Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 4219, To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan S. 491, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 1015, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 S. 2201, Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2015 H.Res. 450, Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 597) to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes Draft legislation titled Maritime Transportation Security Act Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 4095, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 4216, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 5233, Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 5696/S.2922, Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (113th Congress) Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 6654, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to S. 2002, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Various issues relating to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA); reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; the expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations; U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); U.S.-European Union Safe Harbor; U.S.-European Union Energy Relations; 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; Transatlantic Economic Council; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; 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 related to internet counterfeiting and piracy; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues related to trade secret theft; IP issues related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues related to 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; Ukraine related sanctions; Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Kazakhstan; Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); trade embargo with Cuba; African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with China; trade, regulatory and bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB); 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; Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and Regulation; internet governance and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition; sugar reform

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

Bills named: S. 819 (114th), H.Res. 450 (114th), H.R. 597 (114th), H.R. 2578 (114th), H.R. 2146 (114th), S. 491 (114th), S. 489 (114th), S. 2201 (114th), H.R. 2745 (114th), S. 1015 (114th), H.R. 2772 (114th), H.R. 1890 (114th), S. 2102 (114th), S. 995 (114th), H.R. 1295 (114th), H.R. 635 (114th), H.R. 820 (114th), S. 1269 (114th), H.R. 4095 (114th), S. 824 (114th), H.R. 1735 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th), H.R. 978 (114th), S. 2922 (114th), S. 299 (114th), H.R. 4219 (114th), H.R. 3611 (114th), S. 2002 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th), H.R. 1031 (114th), H.R. 664 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), H.R. 5696 (114th), H.R. 1907 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 6654 (114th), H.R. 2393 (114th), H.R. 5233 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 4216 (114th), H.R. 403 (114th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, including provisions relating to House Amendments 824 and 827 H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act H.R. 414, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 432, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 686/S. 1010, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 766, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 957/S. 510, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform (CFPB-IG) Act of 2015 H.R. 1023/S. 552, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 1195, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act H.R. 1265, Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act H.R. 1266, Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015 H.R. 1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1317, To amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes H.R. 1334, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2015 H.R. 1525, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015 H.R. 1550, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 1553, Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1659, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 1675, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 H.R. 1723, Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015 H.R. 1737, Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act H.R. 1839, Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act of 2015 H.R. 1847, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2015 H.R. 1941, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 1965, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 1975, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 2064, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 2187, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 2287, National Credit Union Administration Budget Transparency Act H.R. 2289, Commodity End User Relief Act H.R. 2354, Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act H.R. 2356, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015 H.R. 2357, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2015 H.R. 2477, Financial Transparency Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2769, Risk-Based Capital Study Act of 2015 H.R. 2789, Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act H.R. 2995, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to potential amendment regarding affordable dispute resolution options in the consumer financial services marketplace H.R. 3192, Homebuyers Assistance Act H.R. 3340, Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act H.R. 3557, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 3784, SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015 H.R. 3791, To raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes H.R. 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 3857, To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Financial Stability Oversight Council to carry out certain requirements under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 before making any new determination under section 113 of such Act, and for other purposes H.R. 3868, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4168, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act S. 423, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015 S. 576, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1963, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Board Enhancement Act Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2629, Fostering Innovation Act of 2013 Potential legislation similar to S. 2498, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act (113th Congress) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); evaluating the security of the U.S. financial sector; Basel III capital standards; Trust Indenture Act (P.L. 76-253); oversight of proxy advisory firms; political spending disclosures; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; international capital standards for non-banks and insurance; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration study; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau online lending proposal; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau auto financing standard; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau no action letters; Department of Treasury online marketplace lending RFI; Federal Reserve reform; beneficial ownerships disclosures; universal ballot; proxy voting system

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

Bills named: S. 423 (114th), H.R. 1195 (114th), H.R. 37 (114th), H.R. 1023 (114th), H.R. 1847 (114th), S. 1963 (114th), H.R. 1553 (114th), H.R. 4168 (114th), H.R. 766 (114th), H.R. 2287 (114th), H.R. 3340 (114th), H.R. 1659 (114th), H.R. 1265 (114th), H.R. 2187 (114th), H.R. 1941 (114th), H.R. 3192 (114th), H.R. 1737 (114th), H.R. 3798 (114th), H.R. 2629 (114th), H.R. 1550 (114th), H.R. 3738 (114th), H.R. 432 (114th), H.R. 3868 (114th), H.R. 1975 (114th), H.R. 3557 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), S. 576 (114th), H.R. 3791 (114th), S. 510 (114th), H.R. 1675 (114th), S. 1109 (114th), H.R. 2289 (114th), S. 2498 (114th), H.R. 2356 (114th), H.R. 2648 (114th), S. 1010 (114th), H.R. 601 (114th), H.R. 957 (114th), H.R. 686 (114th), H.R. 1210 (114th), H.R. 3784 (114th), H.R. 1309 (114th), H.R. 2995 (114th), H.R. 1723 (114th), H.R. 2789 (114th), H.R. 2064 (114th), H.R. 2354 (114th), S. 1484 (114th), H.R. 1266 (114th), H.R. 1525 (114th), H.R. 2477 (114th), H.R. 1965 (114th), H.R. 1839 (114th), H.R. 414 (114th), H.R. 3857 (114th), H.R. 2357 (114th), S. 552 (114th), H.R. 1090 (114th), H.R. 1317 (114th), H.R. 2769 (114th), H.R. 1334 (114th), H.R. 1259 (114th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

H.R. 548, Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 549, Litigation Oversight Act of 2015 H.R. 550, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 1189/S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act H.R. 2654/S. 1512, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act H.R. 2800/S. 1590, Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act H.R. 3470/S. 2021, Fair Chance Act H.R. 3765, ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015 S. 875, Workplace Advancement Act S. 1858, Equality Act S. 2070, Gender Advancement in Pay (GAP) Act S. 2180, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act Fiscal Year 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Regulations implementing Executive Order 13672, Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity by Contractors and Subcontractors (79 Fed. Reg. 72,985, Dec. 9, 2014) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to amendments to regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (80 Fed. Reg. 21,659, April 20, 2015) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to nondiscrimination in health programs and activities (80 Fed. Reg. 54,172, September 8, 2015) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (80 Fed. Reg. 66,853, October 30, 2015) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to requirement to report summary data on employee compensation (79 Fed. Reg. 46,561, August 8, 2014) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information (79 Fed. Reg. 55,712, September 17, 2014) Various issues relating to employer use of employee credit history; employer consideration of applicant employment status; EEOC Strategic Plan; EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan; OFCCP interpretation of its jurisdiction

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

Bills named: H.R. 2654 (114th), S. 620 (114th), H.R. 548 (114th), S. 1590 (114th), S. 1858 (114th), H.R. 2800 (114th), H.R. 549 (114th), S. 2021 (114th), H.R. 3470 (114th), S. 2180 (114th), S. 2070 (114th), H.R. 550 (114th), H.R. 3765 (114th), S. 1512 (114th), S. 875 (114th), H.R. 1189 (114th)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 22, Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act H.R. 680, Update, Promote, and Develop Americas Transportation Essentials Act of 2015 H.R. 1846, Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act H.R. 2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2410, Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America (GROW AMERICA) Act H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2716/S. 1541, Transportation Empowerment Act H.R. 3038, Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II H.R. 3763, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 3819, Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015 S. 1298, Port Performance Act S. 1519. Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments (PORTS) Act S. 1589, Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) Act S. 1611, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, including provisions relating to Title VIII, Vessel Incidental Discharge Act Various issues relating to implementation and reauthorization of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112-141); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation, repatriation holidays; implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the Highway Trust Fund; expanding public-private partnerships for public infrastructure; funding and financing mechanisms for surface transportation, aviation, marine transportation, and clean water infrastructure including national infrastructure banks, infrastructure investment funds, bonding programs, special purpose bonds and public private partnerships; movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; water resources; 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 Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Education, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Energy, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Reserve System; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Copyright Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); State, Dept of (DOS); Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 3819 (114th), S. 1611 (114th), S. 1541 (114th), S. 1519 (114th), H.R. 680 (114th), H.R. 2028 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), S. 1298 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), H.R. 2410 (114th), S. 1589 (114th), H.R. 3038 (114th), H.R. 1846 (114th), H.R. 3763 (114th), H.R. 2716 (114th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

H.R. 1317, To amend the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, and for other purposes H.R. 1847, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2289, Commodity End User Relief Act Various issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); the Financial Stability Oversight Council

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

Bills named: H.R. 1317 (114th), H.R. 2289 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 1847 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 22, Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act H.R. 160, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015 H.R. 235, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act H.R. 625, Infrastructure 2.0 Act H.R. 636, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, including provisions relating to moratorium on internet access taxes H.R. 765, Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act H.R. 880, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015 H.R. 961, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income H.R. 1105, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to House Amendment 2 H.R. 2510, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to anti-inversion policy H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015, including provisions relating to Senate Amendments 2881 and 2882 and anti-inversion policy H.R. 3856, Information Reporting Simplification Act of 2015, including provisions relating to lowering the threshold for electronic filing with the IRS, reducing the time in which small businesses have to file 1099 returns, and mandating the IRS create a website to file 1099 returns H.R. 3934, Corporate Fair Share Tax Act S. 149, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 698, Marketplace Fairness Act of 2015 S. 981, Invest in Transportation Act S. 1946, Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015 Online Sales Simplification Act of 2015 (discussion draft) Potential legislation similar to S. 2736, Tax Refund Theft Prevention Act of 2014 Various issues relating to tax extenders including R&D tax credit, bonus depreciation, exemptions for active financing income, deferral tax provisions, S-Corp tax provisions, Section 179 expensing limits, and flow-throughs; legislative proposals on 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; sales tax collection issues; international tax policy; international competitiveness of corporate tax rates; patent box or innovation box proposals; interpretation of IRS Rule 305(c); financial transaction tax

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

Bills named: H.R. 3934 (114th), H.R. 636 (114th), H.R. 961 (114th), S. 149 (114th), H.R. 235 (114th), S. 2736 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 2510 (114th), H.R. 765 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), H.R. 3762 (114th), H.R. 3856 (114th), S. 981 (114th), H.R. 1105 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th), S. 698 (114th), H.R. 880 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th), S. 1946 (114th), H.R. 160 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 625 (114th)

Retirement RET

H.R. 4293, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection (ARAP) Act H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Proposed regulation regarding savings arrangements established by states for non-governmental employees (80 Fed. Reg. 72,006, November 18, 2015) 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, June 18, 2015) Proposed regulations on the definition of the term fiduciary; Conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice (80 Fed. Reg. 21,928, April 20, 2015) Proposed regulation on suspension of benefits under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (80 Fed. Reg. 35,262, June 19, 2015) Various issues relating to multiemployer pension plan reform; section 406 of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-364)

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

Bills named: H.R. 4294 (114th), H.R. 4293 (114th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 283/S. 356, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015 H.R. 555, Federal Exchange Data Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 699, Email Privacy Act H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 1569 H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions related to Division N, Cybersecurity Act of 2015 H.R. 3157, Student Privacy Protection Act H.R. 3326/S. 1890, Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 S. 177, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 2564 S. 1027, Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 S. 1600, Judicial Redress Act of 2015 S. 1788, Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure (SAFE KIDS) Act Draft legislation titled Data Breach and Cybersecurity Various issues relating to Telephone Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 108-10) modernization; National Institute of Standards and Technology Draft Privacy Risk Management Framework; Internet service provider privacy proposed rulemaking; National Telecommunications and Information Administration Facial Recognition Technology Multi-stakeholder process; G-7 circular economy summit planning; petition for reconsideration of FCC protective order in Time Warner/Charter Communications licensing proceeding; open internet order

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

Bills named: H.R. 555 (114th), H.R. 3326 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th), S. 177 (114th), S. 1890 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), H.R. 3157 (114th), H.R. 1735 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), S. 754 (114th), H.R. 283 (114th), S. 1600 (114th), S. 356 (114th), S. 1027 (114th), S. 1788 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act H.R. 9, Innovation Act H.R. 805, Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act of 2015 H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 H.R. 1907, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015 H.R. 3326/ S. 1890, Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 S. 779, Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 S. 1015, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act of 2015 S. 2044, Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 3468, Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 3668, Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4095, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4216, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6654, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential legislation similar to S. 832, Security and Accountability for Every Port Reauthorization Act of 2011 Potential legislation similar to S. 1886, Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2011 Potential legislation similar to S. 2002, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Potential legislation similar to S. 3523, Innovative Design Protection Act (112th Congress) Various issues relating to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); IP issues relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; USPTO IP Attache Program; World Intellectual Property Organization; World Trade Organization (WTO); World Health Organization (WHO); International Telecommunications Union; 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 (P.L. 100-418) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (P.L. 103-465) (the "Special 301 Report"); appropriations relating to the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); funding issues relating to the USPTO; IP issues relating to Australia, Canada, China, India, Brazil, Russia, Europe, and Mexico; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating 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; issues relating to copyright review

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

Bills named: H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 805 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th), H.R. 6 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th), H.R. 3668 (114th), S. 3523 (114th), S. 1886 (114th), S. 832 (114th), S. 779 (114th), S. 2002 (114th), S. 1015 (114th), S. 2044 (114th), S. 1890 (114th), H.R. 1907 (114th), S. 1137 (114th), H.R. 6654 (114th), H.R. 4095 (114th), H.R. 4216 (114th), H.R. 3326 (114th), H.R. 3468 (114th)

Small Business SMB

H.R. 2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to appropriations for the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy S. 552, Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 S. 966, Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act of 2015 Nomination of Darryl L. DePriest, Small Business Administration, Chief Counsel for the Office of Advocacy

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

Bills named: S. 966 (114th), H.R. 2578 (114th), S. 552 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to section 547 H.Con.Res. 27, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025 H.J.Res. 61, Hire More Heroes Act of 2015, including provisions relating to the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, FY 2016 S.Con.Res. 11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025 Fiscal Year 2016 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2016 Defense Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2016 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2016 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act Potential legislation similar to S. 832, Security and Accountability for Every Port Reauthorization Act of 2011 Various issues relating to appropriations for the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); 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; funding levels for SBDCs, SCORE, and Capital Access Programs for FY2015 and FY2016; budget policy; overall spending and taxation; 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; appropriations for SEC, CFTC, CFPB, FSOC, Federal Reserve, Office of Financial Research, Department of Labor, and Department of Treasury; sugar reform

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

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 11 (114th), H.R. 2578 (114th), H.J.Res. 61 (114th), S. 832 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th), H.Con.Res. 27 (114th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act

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

Bills named: S. 697 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Draft legislation titled Wage Adjustment for Garnishment Equity Act of 2015 Various issues relating to Telephone Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 102-243) modernization

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

Immigration IMM

H.R. 158, Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 213, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2015 H.R. 399, Secure Our Borders First Act of 2015 H.R. 616, American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015 H.R. 962/S. 181, Startup Act H.R. 1147, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 1148, Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act H.R. 1153, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 1401, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2015 H.R. 1786, James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2758, To make permanent the returning worker exception to the annual numerical limitation on nonimmigrant visas issued under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes H.R. 3020/S. 1695, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 3128, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 3370, Entrepreneurial Businesses Creating Jobs Act of 2015 H.R. 3918, Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act S. 98, STEM Jobs Act of 2015 S. 153, I-Squared Act of 2015 S. 208, Secure the Border First Act of 2015 S. 1501, American Job Creation and Investment Promotion Reform Act of 2015 S. 1619, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 S. 2091, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2015 S. 2115, Targeted Employment Areas Improvement Act S. 2122, Invest in Our Communities Act S. 2225, Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2015 S. 2266, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2015 S. 2337, Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act S. 2362, Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 S. 2365, Protecting American Jobs Act S. 2394, American Jobs First Act of 2015 S. 2415, EB-5 Integrity Act of 2015 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; H1-B Visa Program; H2-B Visa Program; L-1B Visa Program; E-B5 Visa Program; E-Verify Program; 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

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

Bills named: S. 1695 (114th), S. 1619 (114th), H.R. 1401 (114th), S. 2415 (114th), S. 181 (114th), H.R. 3370 (114th), H.R. 158 (114th), H.R. 616 (114th), S. 2225 (114th), H.R. 2131 (114th), H.R. 1147 (114th), H.R. 2758 (114th), S. 2115 (114th), S. 2394 (114th), H.R. 3918 (114th), H.R. 399 (114th), S. 2362 (114th), S. 208 (114th), H.R. 1148 (114th), H.R. 1153 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), S. 2365 (114th), S. 2091 (114th), H.R. 213 (114th), H.R. 3128 (114th), H.R. 962 (114th), S. 153 (114th), S. 2122 (114th), S. 1501 (114th), H.R. 3020 (114th), S. 2337 (114th), S. 2266 (114th), H.R. 1786 (114th), S. 98 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

Interim rule relating to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services (80 Fed. Reg. 51,739, August. 26, 2015)

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

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

H.R. 1599, Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 Proposed regulations on user fee program to provide for accreditation of third-party auditors/certification bodies to conduct food safety audits and to issue certifications (80 Fed. Reg. 43,987, July 24, 2015) Various issues relating to the labeling of foods with ingredients that are genetically modified organisms (GMO)

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

Bills named: H.R. 1599 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 399/S. 208, Secure Our Borders First Act of 2015 H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act H.R. 1731, National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 3128/S. 1619, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 3490, Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act H.R. 3510, Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Strategy Act of 2015 H.R. 3572, DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 3578, DHS Science and Technology Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 Stakeholder Engagement on Cybersecurity in the Digital Ecosystem (80 Fed. Reg. 14,360-14,363, March 19, 2015) Interim rule relating to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Network Penetration Reporting and Contracting for Cloud Services (80 Fed. Reg. 51,739-51,748, August. 26, 2015) Proposed Regulation on intrusion and surveillance items (80 Fed. Reg. 28,853-28,863, May 20, 2015) General Services Administration (GSA) request for information, Joint Working Group on Improving Cybersecurity and Resilience Through Acquisition (78 Fed. Reg. 27,966-27968, May 13, 2013) Various issues relating to beneficial ownership disclosures; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) draft NISTIR 8074, Report on Strategic U.S. Government Engagement in International Standardization to Achieve U.S. Objectives for Cybersecurity; Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, issues relating to framework for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity and the accompanying voluntary program; encryption technology policy; Proposed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance memorandum, Improving Cybersecurity Protections in Federal acquisitions

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

Bills named: H.R. 3490 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th), H.R. 2648 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 1109 (114th), H.R. 399 (114th), H.R. 3128 (114th), S. 1619 (114th), S. 208 (114th), H.R. 3578 (114th), S. 1269 (114th), S. 754 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), H.R. 3510 (114th), H.R. 3572 (114th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 712, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 2648/S. 1109, Truth in Settlements Act of 2015 H.R. 3713, Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 3798, Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 H.R. 4001, Fix the Footnotes Act of 2015 H.R. 4002, Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 4003, Regulatory Reporting Act of 2015 H.R. 4023, Clean Up the Code Act of 2015 Various issues relating to use of administrative law judges and administrative proceedings; UN convention on the assignment of receivables; administrative law procedural reform; Security Exchange Commission proposed rules of practice

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

Bills named: H.R. 4001 (114th), H.R. 3713 (114th), H.R. 4003 (114th), H.R. 4023 (114th), H.R. 3798 (114th), H.R. 2648 (114th), H.R. 4002 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), S. 1109 (114th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 H.R. 585/S. 293, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements H.R. 1667/S.292, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, including provisions related to House Amendment 38 H.R. 2098/S. 112, Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 2134, Listing Reform Act H.R. 2358, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 2557/S. 1425, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 S. 697, Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act Draft legislation on reforming the Endangered Species Act, including provisions relating to state review of potential species listings and critical habitat designations Various issues relating to potential legislation regarding a national park designation in Arizona; environment and energy policy; compensatory mitigation; Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205)

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

Bills named: H.R. 8 (114th), S. 292 (114th), H.R. 585 (114th), S. 697 (114th), H.R. 2134 (114th), H.R. 1735 (114th), H.R. 1667 (114th), S. 1425 (114th), H.R. 2358 (114th), H.R. 2098 (114th), H.R. 2557 (114th), S. 293 (114th), S. 112 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th)

Insurance INS

Proposed Regulation on minimum value of eligible employer sponsored health plans (80 Fed. Reg. 52,678, September 1, 2015) Proposed Regulation on benefit and payment parameters for 2017 (80 Fed. Reg. 75,488, December 2, 2015)

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 1767, Employee Privacy Protection Act H.R. 1768, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act H.R. 2800/S. 1590, Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act H.R. 3020/S. 1695, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to funding of the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board H.R. 3459/S. 2015, Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act S. 1298, To provide nationally consistent measures of performance of the Nation's ports, and for other purposes S. 1519, Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments (PORTS) Act of 2015 S. 2102, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015 Draft legislation regarding conflict of interest rules and definition of the term fiduciary DOL RIN 1205-AB58 (H2B Temporary Workers): Errors and omissions in cost and benefit analysis and in analysis of impacts on small entities Proposed regulations on the clarification of employers continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness (80 Fed. Reg. 45,116, July 29, 2015) 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, June 18, 2015) Proposed regulations defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees (80 Fed. Reg. 38,516, July 6, 2015) Proposed regulations amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement Executive Order 13673 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (80 Fed. Reg. 30,548, May 28, 2015) Proposed guidance for Executive Order 13673 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (80 Fed. Reg. 30,574, May 28, 2015) Proposed OSHA regulation to reduce the exposure limit on respirable silica and impose other requirements (78 Fed. Reg. 56,274, September 12, 2013) Proposed OSHA regulation to require employers to submit injury and illness records electronically that will then be posted on the internet (78 Fed. Reg. 67,354, November 8, 2013) and supplemental proposed regulation (79 Fed. Reg. 47,605, August 14, 2014) Proposed regulation regarding recording and reporting of musculoskeletal disorders (75 Fed. Reg. 4,728, January 29, 2010) and reopening of comment period (76 Fed. Reg. 28,383, May 17, 2011) Proposed regulation regarding the implementation of Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors (79 Fed. Reg. 34,568, June 17, 2014) Proposed information collection request for survey on worker classification (78 Fed. Reg. 67,196, November 8, 2013) Proposed regulation regarding savings arrangements established by states for non-governmental employees (80 Fed. Reg. 72,006, November 18, 2015) Interpretive bulletin relating to the fiduciary standard under ERISA in considering economically targeted investments (80 Fed. Reg. 65,135, October 26, 2015) Various issues relating to minimum wage, including indexing; 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, new overtime eligibility regulations, silica exposure limit regulations, and the implementation of a letter of interpretation allowing unions to accompany OSHA inspectors on walk-around inspections at non-union employer worksites; gender-based workplace discrimination; Fair Labor Standards Act amendments (P.L. 75-718) and Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces; Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors; NLRB joint employer standard; Bureau of Labor Statistics job classifications; FAR Case 2013-001, ending trafficking in persons; 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

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

Bills named: H.R. 1768 (114th), S. 2015 (114th), H.R. 2800 (114th), H.R. 3459 (114th), S. 1695 (114th), S. 1298 (114th), S. 2102 (114th), S. 1519 (114th), H.R. 3020 (114th), S. 1590 (114th), H.R. 1767 (114th)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Various issues relating to compensatory mitigation

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

Accounting ACC

H.R.22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act Various issues relating to implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); proposed lease accounting standards; accounting convergence projects, auditing and extensible business reporting language; internal controls, Sarbanes-Oxley (P.L. 107-204) section 404(b) controls and audits

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

Bills named: H.R. 22 (114th)

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 22, Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 2302 H.R. 2393, Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 S. 1844, A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for voluntary country of origin labeling for beef, pork, and chicken Various issues relating to proposed EPA definition of Waters of the United States for Clean Water Act jurisdiction; U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nonrecourse loans offered to sugar processors and government control of the domestic sugar market; sugar reform

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

Bills named: S. 1844 (114th), H.R. 2393 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

H.R. 249, To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and for other purposes H.R. 360, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 407/S. 732, To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes H.R. 511/S. 248, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 H.R. 538, Native American Energy Act S. 209, Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2015 S. 710, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2015 S. 1579, Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act S. 1879, Interior Improvement Act Various issues relating to the promotion of energy development on Native American lands; contract support costs; Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379 (2009); Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, 132 U.S. 995 (2012); Salazar v. Patchak, 567 U.S. ___ (2012); Cobell v. Salazar

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

Bills named: S. 248 (114th), S. 710 (114th), S. 1879 (114th), H.R. 360 (114th), H.R. 407 (114th), S. 209 (114th), S. 732 (114th), S. 379 (114th), S. 995 (114th), S. 1579 (114th), H.R. 249 (114th), H.R. 511 (114th), H.R. 538 (114th)

Education EDU

H.R. 5, Student Success Act H.R. 10, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization (SOAR) Reauthorization Act H.R. 2518 / S. 1195, Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2015 H.R. 3157, Student Privacy Protection Act S. 1177, Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 S. 1788, Safeguarding American Families from Exposure by Keeping Information and Data Secure (SAFE KIDS) Act Fiscal Year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Various issues relating to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (P.L. 89-10); 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); Department of Educations Gainful Employment Negotiated Rulemaking; student data privacy in K-12 and higher education; early childhood education

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

Bills named: H.R. 3157 (114th), S. 1177 (114th), H.R. 5 (114th), S. 1788 (114th), H.R. 10 (114th), S. 1195 (114th), H.R. 2518 (114th)

Travel/Tourism TOU

H.R. 158, Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 229, Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2015 H.R. 616, American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015 H.R. 664/S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 1401/S. 2091, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2015 S. 542, Counterterrorism Border Security Enhancement Act S. 2337, Visa Waiver Program Security Enhancement Act S. 2362, Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 Various issues relating to visa waiver program

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

Bills named: H.R. 158 (114th), H.R. 664 (114th), H.R. 229 (114th), H.R. 616 (114th), S. 2362 (114th), H.R. 1401 (114th), S. 299 (114th), S. 2337 (114th), S. 542 (114th), S. 2091 (114th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 348, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 H.R. 1029/S. 543, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1320/S. 638, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015 H.R. 1327/S. 640, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2015 H.R. 1388/S. 751, Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE) Act H.R. 2042, Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015 H.R. 3438, Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2015 H.R. 4000, Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015 S. 88, General Duty Clarification Act of 2015 S. 280, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2015 S. 639, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 1324, Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 S. 2072, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under which the Administrator shall defer the designation of an area as a nonattainment area for purposes of the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard if the area achieves and maintains certain standards under a voluntary early action compact plan H.J. Res. 70, Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone H.J. Res. 71/S.J. Res. 23, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units H.J. Res. 72/S.J. Res. 24, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units H.J. Res. 74/S.J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone S. Con. Res. 11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 743 Proposed regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (79 Fed. Reg. 1,430-1,519, January 8, 2014) (79 Fed. Reg. 34,829-34,958, June 18, 2014) Various issues relating to environment and energy policy; proposed EPA and Army Corps definition of Waters of the United States for Clean Water Act jurisdiction; EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; 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; proposed amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding EPAs review of the national ambient air quality standards for ozone; EPAs stream buffer rule; proposed amendment to Senate appropriations legislation on the use of the social cost of carbon in federal rulemakings and policymaking

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

Bills named: H.J.Res. 71 (114th), S. 2072 (114th), S.J.Res. 25 (114th), S.J.Res. 24 (114th), H.J.Res. 70 (114th), H.R. 1388 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), S. 280 (114th), H.J.Res. 74 (114th), H.R. 1327 (114th), H.R. 3438 (114th), S. 1324 (114th), S. 88 (114th), H.R. 2042 (114th), H.J.Res. 72 (114th), H.R. 4000 (114th), S.J.Res. 23 (114th), S. 639 (114th), S. 640 (114th), S. 638 (114th), H.R. 1320 (114th), S.Con.Res. 11 (114th), S. 543 (114th), S. 751 (114th)