NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTORS for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTORS
What was lobbied
5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Legislative efforts to ensure comprehensive tax reform, protecting pass-through entities from higher effective rates, simplifying the tax code, repealing the Estate Tax, and protecting the last in first out accounting method. Legislative efforts in opposition to the Border Adjustment Tax proposal for tax reform.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA CHAMBERS CHAMBERS | — |
Environment/Superfund ENV
Legislative efforts to introduce legislation related to regulatory reform - specifically EPA's unbalanced/improper enforcement activities. Legislative efforts to introduce legislation related to agency use of guidance documents in lieu of rulemaking. The legislation includes S. 951 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017, S. 580 - Truth in Regulations Act of 2017, and S. 584 - Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2017. Legislative efforts to request that EPA follows the proper procedures for EPA's Risk Management Plan (RMP) Rulemaking. Legislative efforts to ensure EPA performs their duty under the law following the passage of oThe Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (LCSA).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ERIC R BYER | — |
| LAURA CHAMBERS CHAMBERS | — |
| LINDSAY RYAN New | — |
| BENJAMIN H TRAYNHAM | — |
Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM
Legislative efforts to introduce legislation related to agency use of guidance documents in lieu of rulemaking. Agencies have been issuing guidance and expanding scope and coverage of regulations via memorandum rather than pursuing notice and comment rulemaking since the 2015 Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association decision.The legislation includes S. 951 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017, S. 580 - Truth in Regulations Act of 2017, and S. 584 - Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2017. Legislative efforts to ensure EPA performs their duty under the law following the passage of oThe Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (LCSA).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ERIC R BYER | — |
| LAURA CHAMBERS CHAMBERS | — |
| LINDSAY RYAN New | — |
| BENJAMIN H TRAYNHAM | — |
Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD
Legislative efforts to renew the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a U.S. trade program designed to promote economic growth in the developing world by providing preferential duty-free entry for up to 4,800 products from 129 designated beneficiary countries and territories, proactively.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA CHAMBERS CHAMBERS | — |
Transportation TRA
Legislative efforts included support for inclusion in FY 2018 appropriations legislation of a limited pilot project to advance safety and infrastructure protection. Specifically, to allow states to raise their weight limits on Interstate Highways.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ERIC R BYER | — |
| LAURA CHAMBERS CHAMBERS New | — |
| BENJAMIN H TRAYNHAM | — |
Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.