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Postal POS

U.S. Postal Service Reform - communication of retail industry views.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Reserve System; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Maritime Commission; SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles APP

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations - communication of U.S. retail industry views regarding proposed rules governing trade in apparel; Bangladesh Worker Safety - communication of U.S. retail industry views on issues surrounding worker safety in the ready-made garment industry and the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Maritime Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 1314, Trade Act of 2015, all provisions; H.R. 1890/S. 995, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, all provisions; HR 1295/S. 1267, Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, all provisions; retroactive renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences; extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act; extension of the Bahrain Tariff Preference Level; extension of the Nicaragua Tariff Preference Level; H.R. 1062, ETEACH Act, all provisions; HR 1907/S 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, all provisions; H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, all provisions.

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Maritime Commission; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 1314 (114th), H.R. 1890 (114th), H.R. 1295 (114th), H.R. 1907 (114th), S. 1267 (114th), S. 995 (114th), H.R. 1062 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th)

Banking BAN

Update House and Senate on Interchange/swipe fee reform issues, including pending surcharge legislation in states; provide retailers' perspective of issues in implementing mobile payment systems; data security and breach notification as it relates to sensitive financial data; cybersecurity information sharing issues; S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, indexing threshhold of electronic funds transfer amendment to Dodd-Frank; S. 1491, Community Financial Institution Regulatory Relief; discuss views of retail industry regarding EMV transition, fraud costs, Chip and PIN, tokenization, encryption, and other payment innovation.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Federal Maritime Commission; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: S. 1484 (114th), S. 1491 (114th)

Transportation TRA

Surface Transportation Reauthorization - efforts to reauthorize highway programs, support national freight policy including financing mechanisms; Drivers Hours of Service - changes to 34 hour restart provision; Economy in Motion: The National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act (HR 1308) - new fee proposal provisions; National Freight Network Trust Fund Act of 2015 (HR 935) - use of Customs duties as a pay for; Communicate impact of West Coast Ports labor negotiations on shippers and need for resolution; Communicate need for long-term Surface Transportation Reauthorization; S. 1519, Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments Act, All provisions; S. 1298, Ports Performance Act, all provisions; Fiscal Year 2016 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Bill THUD (HR 2577) - truck efficiency provisions in the bill dealing with drivers hours of service (HOS) and twin 33 trailers; H.R. 3651, Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015, all provisions; H.R. 22, Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, all provisions; H.R. 3343, Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments Act of 2015, all provisions; highway tolling provisions in transportation funding legislation; Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act (S. 808), all provisions; Small Unmanned Aircraft (UAS) Registration - communication of retail views on proposed rules

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Maritime Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System

Bills named: S. 808 (114th), H.R. 1308 (114th), H.R. 3343 (114th), H.R. 3651 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), S. 1298 (114th), H.R. 935 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th), S. 1519 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S. 698, Marketplace Fairness Act, all provisions; tax reform, no specific legislation; oppose imposition of Value Added Tax, National Retail Sales Tax; S. 394/H.R. 765, A bill to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property; bonus depreciation, no specific legislation; HR 636, Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act, all provisions; H.R. 2510, To amend the IRC to make permanent bonus depreciation, all provisions; S.1660, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation, all provisions; H.R. 2775, Remote Transactions Parity Act, all provisions; S.1141, Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act of 2015, provisions expanding application of depreciation to retail and restaurant owned property; repatriation issues generally; S.155, Fair Tax Act of 2015; S.1946, Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015, all provisions; H.R.2754, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the work opportunity credit permanent, all provisions; H.R. 1913, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015, provisions relating to 15 year depreciation, bonus depreciation, WOTC.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Maritime Commission; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 765 (114th), H.R. 636 (114th), H.R. 2754 (114th), S. 1946 (114th), S. 1660 (114th), S. 155 (114th), H.R. 2510 (114th), S. 394 (114th), S. 698 (114th), H.R. 1913 (114th), H.R. 2775 (114th), S. 1141 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act, all provisions; Health care reform; Health Care Mandate Penalties; ACA reporting requirements; seasonal employee provisions; H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act; H.R. 596, legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act; H.R. 879, the Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans Act; S. 30, Forty Hours is Full Time Act; S. 379, Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act; S. 775/H.R. 1423, the Self-Insurance Protection Act; HR 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act, all provisions; H.R. 928, Repeal the Health Insurance Tax, all provisions; H.R. 863, Simplfying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act, all provisions; H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, all provisions; H.R. 2712, Commonsense Reporting and Verification Act, all provisions; H.R. 2911, Small Business Health Care Relief Act, all provisions; S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, all provisions; S. 1697, Small Business Health Care Relief Act, all provisions; S.1996, Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015, all provisions; S. 1809, Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2015, all provisions; H.R. 1624/S. 1099, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, all provisions; H.R. 3112, Be Open Act, all provisions; S. 2075, American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015, all provisions; S.1415, Small Business Stability Act, all provisions; H.R. 1029, ACA Provisions; Consolidated Appropriations Act; H.R. 3762, Restoring America's Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act; S. 1778, Telemedicine for Medicare Act

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Maritime Commission; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: H.R. 30 (114th), S. 379 (114th), H.R. 879 (114th), H.R. 2712 (114th), H.R. 928 (114th), H.R. 2911 (114th), S. 1996 (114th), H.R. 1029 (114th), S. 1099 (114th), H.R. 1189 (114th), H.R. 3762 (114th), H.R. 596 (114th), H.R. 1624 (114th), S. 1809 (114th), H.R. 863 (114th), S. 1415 (114th), S. 1697 (114th), S. 775 (114th), H.R. 3112 (114th), S. 30 (114th), H.R. 1423 (114th), S. 2075 (114th), S. 1778 (114th), H.R. 2050 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S 577, Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act, all provisions; HR 703, Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act, all provisions; HR 704, RFS Reform Act, all provisions; S.1584, Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act, all provisions; EPA Proposed RVO for 2014-2016

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Federal Maritime Commission; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Bills named: H.R. 704 (114th), S. 1584 (114th), H.R. 703 (114th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Discussions regarding proposed legislation & agency reports affecting the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information and self regulatory programs providing protection for consumers; communication of retail views regarding data security and breach notification laws and procedures in protecting customer information; proposed federal breach notification and data security standards, including all provisions of: S. 177, Data Security & Breach Notification Act; H.R. 1770, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; H.R. 2205, Data Security Act of 2015; and S. 961, Data Security Act of 2015; Staff discussion drafts of Senator Warner and Senators Grassley/Feinstein data breach legislation; Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (S. 657), all provisions; CPSC Oversight issues - overall agency review on key issues such as targeting, import issues, Sec. 1110 rule; proposed voluntary recall rule; H.R. 2576, TSCA Modernization Act of 2015, all provisions.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Maritime Commission; White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 657 (114th), H.R. 2205 (114th), H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th), S. 177 (114th), S. 961 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

NLRB Rule on Representation; federal minimum wage issues generally; part-time scheduling generally; OSHA Proposed Rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses; S. 620/HR 1189, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs; HR 465, Working Families Flexibility Act; all provisions; H.R. 3020, FY 16 LHHS Appropriations Sections 407, 408, 410; S. 1695, , FY 16 LHHS Appropriations Sections 407-409; Compensation equity issues generally; S. 875, Workplace Advancement Act, all provisions; HR. 1768/S. 933, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, all provisions; H.R. 1767, Employee Privacy Protection Act, all provisions; Fair Labor Standards Act generally; S. 801, Representation Fairness Restoration Act, all provisions; S.2015/H.R. 3459, Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, all provisions; NLRB Joint Employment Standard; Dept. of Labor NRPM on Changes to Overtime Rules; Dept. of Labor "Persuader" rule, all provisions; H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, overtime rule and NLRB provisions

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Maritime Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1767 (114th), S. 933 (114th), S. 620 (114th), H.R. 3020 (114th), S. 801 (114th), S. 2015 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 1189 (114th), H.R. 465 (114th), H.R. 3459 (114th), S. 1695 (114th), S. 875 (114th), H.R. 1768 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

S. 754 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA), provisions regarding liability protection for businesses that share cyberthreat information directly with FBI and/or Secret Service; H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, Division N - Cybersecurity Act of 2015

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Maritime Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: S. 754 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th)

Science/Technology SCI

Patent reform - communicating impact of infringement claims, demand letters and patent litigation on retail business practices; Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act, bring transparency to vague and deceptive demand letters; H.R. 9: Innovation Act provisions to address problem of patent assertion entity litigation, including provisions on customer stay, heightened pleading, discovery, fee shifting, and venue; S. 623, STRONG Patents Act of 2015, provisions addressing changes to post grant administrative procedures created by AIA and FTC authority; S. 1137, Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015, provisions addressing pleading, customer, stay, discovery, fee shifting, demand letters, and inter partes review (IPR)

Contacted: White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Maritime Commission; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Bills named: S. 623 (114th), S. 1137 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Support efforts to define and criminalize organized retail crime

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Maritime Commission; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)