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Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

HR 9, Innovation Act HR 862, You Own Devices Act HR 1587, Unlocking Technology Act of 2015 HR 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act HR 2045, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015 (TROL Act) S 1137, PATENT Act HR 3326/S 1890, Defend Trade Secrets Act

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Forest Service

Bills named: H.R. 9 (114th), H.R. 2045 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 3326 (114th), H.R. 862 (114th), H.R. 1587 (114th)

Automotive Industry AUT

S 560/HR 1057, PARTS Act (Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2015) S 685/HR 2892, Autocycle Safety Act HR 2864, Prohibits EPA from extending the RFS past 2022 if the Administrator waives applicable volume requirements in prior years. HR 3994, Security and Privacy in Your Car Study Act of 2015 HR 4630, Compensating Losses to the Environment from Automobiles with Noxious Undisclosed Pollution Act of 2016 S 2659/HR 4715, Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016 (RPM Act)

Contacted: Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service

Bills named: H.R. 4630 (114th), H.R. 4715 (114th), H.R. 2864 (114th), H.R. 2892 (114th), H.R. 3994 (114th), H.R. 1057 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S 341, Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act S 537, COMPETE Act of 2015 S 574/HR 3088, LEAP Act S 698/HR 2775, Marketplace Fairness Act S 386/HR 2315, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 HR 2584, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2015

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Bills named: H.R. 2315 (114th), H.R. 2584 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th), H.R. 3088 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

HR 30, Save American Workers Act of 2015 S 30, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2015 S 432, Small Business Fairness in Health Care Act

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 30 (114th)

Small Business SMB

S 426/HR 527, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 S 378/HR 712, the "Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act S 1683/HR 1155, the "Searching for and Cutting Regulations That Are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act S 2570, Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2016 HR 4636, Preventing Overreach Within the Executive Rulemaking System (POWERS) Act

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Forest Service; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Bills named: H.R. 527 (114th), H.R. 1155 (114th), H.R. 712 (114th), H.R. 4636 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

HR 21, Provides for a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends HR 434, Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels Act HR 703, Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act HR 704, RFS Reform Act of 2015 S 544/HR 1030, Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 S 577, Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015 S 889, Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2015 S 2659/HR 4715, Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016 (RPM Act)

Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 703 (114th), H.R. 21 (114th), H.R. 704 (114th), H.R. 434 (114th), H.R. 4715 (114th), H.R. 1030 (114th)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

HR 330, Marine Access and State Transparency HR 659, Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 2015 HR 1651, Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) Reauthorization of 2015 S 228/HR 900, National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 S 232/HR 488, Nevada Land Sovereignty Act of 2015 S 292/HR 1667, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act S 437, Improved National Monument Designation Process Act S 1036/HR 1997, Sage-Grouse Protection and Conservation Act HR 3668, California Minerals, Off-Road Recreation, and Conservation Act S 414, California Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015 HR 1838, Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act S 2219/HR 4665, Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of 2015 HR 4739, Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2016 Restoration of the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT (no legislation to date) Utah Public Lands Initiative (bill not yet introduced)

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Forest Service; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Bills named: H.R. 1838 (114th), H.R. 659 (114th), H.R. 1997 (114th), H.R. 1651 (114th), H.R. 900 (114th), H.R. 488 (114th), H.R. 3668 (114th), H.R. 1667 (114th), H.R. 4739 (114th), H.R. 4665 (114th), H.R. 330 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

HR 1447, Perkins Modernization Act HR 4583, to promote a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce S 2707/HR 4773, Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act

Contacted: Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4773 (114th), H.R. 4583 (114th), H.R. 1447 (114th)