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Welfare WEL

Information gathering and monitoring on issues relating to supplemental security income.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Issues relating to government funding.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues relating to the permitting of traditional and clean energy infrastructure projects; issues relating to permitting reform; issues relating to energy security, including increasing traditional domestic production and advancing clean energy technologies; issues relating to climate change; issues relating to the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (118th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues relating to permitting reform; issues relating to climate change, critical minerals, and risk mitigation.

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues relating to Securities and Exchange Commission Request for Comment on Climate Disclosures; issues relating to Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Amendments to Rule 14a-8; and issues related to Reforms to the Shareholder Proposal and Proxy Advisory Process.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Health Issues HCR

Issues relating to public health resources and funding; issues relating to legislative and administrative changes to Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), health benefits, health equity, social determinants of health, telehealth, and mental health; issues relating to FDA reauthorization.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to comprehensive immigration reform including border security, H-2A, H-1B and H-2B modernization, Dignity Act of 2023, Permanent Labor Certification Application and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Work Authorization Act.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Issues relating to Second Chance Employment.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues relating to antitrust and competition policies, including merger review; issues relating to BRT Workforce priorities and partnerships with cybersecurity apprenticeships initiatives; issues relating to labor and employment and workforce development policy, including legislation to expand Pell Grants to cover short-term education and training programs (H.R. 6585, Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act), reauthorization of the National Apprenticeship Act (registered apprenticeships), and reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act); issues relating to paid leave; issues relating to corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and EEO law; issues relating to artificial intelligence, its impact on the workforce and its use in employment settings.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 6585 (118th), H.R. 6655 (118th)

Retirement RET

Issues relating to legislative and administrative monitoring and outreach relating to retirement benefits.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Science/Technology SCI

Issues relating to artificial intelligence, data privacy, and cybersecurity; issues relating to the Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence; issues related to the Administrations Request for Comment on Cybersecurity Regulatory Harmonization; issues relating to the Innovation and Accessibility Act discussion draft; issues relating to the CREATE AI Act (S. 2714/H.R. 5077) and Artificial Intelligence Research, Innovation, and Accountability Act of 2023 (S. 3312).

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 3312 (118th), H.R. 5077 (118th), S. 2714 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to the American Innovation and Jobs Act (S. 866) and American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act (H.R. 2673); issues relating to R&D Section 174 expensing; issues relating to deduction of interest deductibility under Section 163(j); issues relating to the American Investment in Manufacturing Act (H.R 2788); issues relating to Section 179 bonus depreciation; issues relating to the U.S.-Chile Income Tax Treaty; issues relating to implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376) (all provisions); issues relating to OECDs taxation of the digital economy project and potential tariff implications; issues relating to the 2021 final Treasury Foreign Tax Credit Regulations; issues relating to OECD Pillar Two Model Rules and OECDs Pillar One and Pillar Two proposals; issues related to the Defending American Jobs and Investment Act (H.R. 3665); issues relating to tax policy and employer-sponsored education and training programs.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 2673 (118th), H.R. 5376 (118th), H.R. 2788 (118th), S. 866 (118th), H.R. 3665 (118th)

Transportation TRA

Issues relating to increased infrastructure investment and streamlining federal permitting processes; issues relating to the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues relating to the RESTRICT Act (S. 686); issues relating to the ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act (H.R. 1081); issues relating to the China Trade Relations Act (S. 125); issues relating to the Ending Normal Trade Relations with China Act (S. 906); issues relating to the China Trade Relations Act (H.R. 638); issues relating to the De Minimis Reciprocity Act (S. 1969); issues relating to the Import Security and Fairness Act (H.R. 4148); issues relating to the STOP CCP Act (S. 852); issues relating to the Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act (H.R. 760); issues relating to the No Chinese Communist SURPRISE Parties Act (S. 144); issues relating to the DENIAL Act (S. 2170); issues relating to the China Financial Threat Mitigation Act (H.R. 1156); issues relating to the Ending Chinas Developing Nation Status Act (S. 308); issues relating to the Countering Economic Coercion Act (S. 295 / H.R. 1135); issues relating to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 2670 / S. 2226); issues relating to the Protecting American Farmland Act (H.R. 3996); issues related to the Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act (H.R. 760); issues related to the Preventing Adversaries from Developing Critical Capabilities Act (H.R. 6349); issues related to the economic recommendations of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (House China Select Committee) issues relating to China policy, including customs duties, trade remedies, export controls, inbound investment and outbound investment reviews; global infrastructure development; and domestic measures to promote innovation and secure supply chains.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 760 (118th), S. 308 (118th), S. 144 (118th), S. 1969 (118th), S. 686 (118th), S. 295 (118th), H.R. 4148 (118th), S. 125 (118th), S. 852 (118th), H.R. 1156 (118th), S. 2170 (118th), H.R. 3996 (118th), S. 906 (118th), H.R. 1135 (118th), H.R. 6349 (118th), H.R. 638 (118th), H.R. 1081 (118th), H.R. 2670 (118th), S. 2226 (118th)