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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 22, Foreign Counterfeit Merchandise Prevention Act H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act H.R. 845, Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013 H.R. 1123, Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act H.R. 1580, To Affirm the policy of the United States regarding Internet Governance H.R. 2024, End Anonymous Patents Act H.R. 2236, Promoting Startup Innovation Act H.R. 2454, Aarons Law Act of 2013 H.R. 2639, Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013 H.R. 2766, Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents (STOP) Act H.R. 3004, Reducing Waste and Increasing Efficiency in Trade Act H.R. 3309, Innovation Act S. 660, Innovation Through Trade Act S. 662, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013 S. 866, Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013 S. 1013, Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 S. 1720, Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 S. 2267, Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2014 Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations legislation, including provisions relating to IP enforcement funding and the authorization and funding for the IPR Center 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; IP agreements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); IP issues related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues related 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"); notice and takedown provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (P.L. 105-304); appropriations related to the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 USC 512); Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, including data breach provisions; creation of a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) with foreign governments; review/reform of U.S. copyright law; patent litigation reform; copyright and trademark infringement; customs facilitation and trade enforcement reauthorization; privacy legislation; securing clarification that criminal copyright infringement through unauthorized streaming is a felony; ICANN proposal for a Limited Preventative Registration (LPR) mechanism; cyber theft of trade secrets; digital copyrights; funding issues related to the USPTO; IP issues related to Australia, Canada, China, India, Brazil, Russia, Europe, and Mexico; IP issues related to Internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues related 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

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Reserve System; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Education, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office

Bills named: S. 660 (113th), S. 3523 (113th), H.R. 2236 (113th), H.R. 3468 (113th), H.R. 1123 (113th), S. 662 (113th), S. 1013 (113th), H.R. 3309 (113th), H.R. 22 (113th), H.R. 2639 (113th), H.R. 3004 (113th), H.R. 2766 (113th), H.R. 1580 (113th), S. 1886 (113th), H.R. 845 (113th), H.R. 6654 (113th), H.R. 4216 (113th), S. 2002 (113th), H.R. 3668 (113th), H.R. 2024 (113th), H.R. 624 (113th), S. 866 (113th), S. 1720 (113th), S. 832 (113th), S. 2267 (113th), H.R. 4095 (113th), H.R. 2454 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 337 / S. 84 / S. 2199, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act H.R. 1010 / S. 460, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 H.R. 1120, Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act H.R. 1226, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013 H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 H.R. 1982, Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2013 H.R. 2347 / S. 1166, Representation Fairness Restoration Act H.R. 3344, Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013 H.R. 3485 / S. 1712, Employee Rights Act H.R. 3633, Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act H.R. 4019, Small Business Investment Act of 2014 H.R. 4320 / S. 2178, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act H.R. 4321, Employee Privacy Protection Act H.R. 4586, Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2014 H.R. 4959, EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act S. 1188, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 S. 1498, Small Business Tax Fairness Act S. 1626, Family Friendly and Workplace Flexibility Act of 2013 S. 1737 / S. 2223, Minimum Wage Fairness Act Fiscal Year 2015 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding of the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board White House Memorandum to Examine Overtime Regulations: Exempt vs. Non-exempt employees DOL RIN 1205-AB58 (H2B Temporary Workers): Errors and omissions in cost and benefit analysis and in analysis of impacts on small entities DOL RIN 1210-AB32 (EBSA Definition of "Fiduciary"): Errors and omissions in cost impact analysis DOL RIN 1218-AB70 (Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica): Estimated costs and benefits of the proposed regulation and alternatives; identified errors and omissions in OSHA economic impact estimates NLRB RIN 3142-AA08: Errors and omissions in economic impact analysis of proposed rule regarding representation election case procedures OSHA docket 2013-0023; RIN 1218-AC49 (Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries & Illness): Incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analyses, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits 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) Final regulation related to a posting of labor rights (76 Fed. Reg. 54,006, August 30, 2011) Proposed Regulation related to the advice exemption under section 203 of the LMRDA (76 Fed. Reg. 36,178, June 21, 2011) Proposed Regulation related to election process by the NLRB (76 Fed. Reg. 36,812, June 22, 2011) Final Regulation related to election process by the NLRB (76 Fed. Reg. 80,138, December 22, 2011) 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 information collection request for survey on worker classification (78 Fed. Reg. 67,196, November 8, 2013) Proposed regulation regarding respirable coal dust (75 Fed. Reg. 64,412, October 19, 2010) Proposed OSHA regulation updating industry codes from SIC to NAICS (76 Fed. Reg. 36,414, June 22, 2011) Proposed regulation regarding the companionship exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act (76 Fed. Reg. 81,190, December 27, 2011) Nomination of members and general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board Various issues relating to Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors, proposal to raise the minimum wage for government contractors; issues relating to National Labor Relations Board, including legislation and oversight, decisions and regulatory agenda, jurisdiction and the preemption of conflicting state actions, potential use of electronic voting, ambush elections regulations, implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); determining whether a collective bargaining unit is appropriate, including legislation involving the NLRBs Specialty Healthcare (357 No. 83) decision; issues relating to the DOL, including regulatory agenda, persuader regulation, new overtime eligibility regulations, silica exposure limit regulations, implementation of a letter of interpretation allowing unions to accompany OSHA inspectors on walk-around inspections at non-union employer worksites; United Nations Convention on Rights for Persons with Disabilities; spending of H-1B visa fees; minimum wage, including indexing; unemployment insurance; gender-based workplace discrimination; 40 hour work week

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Small Business Administration (SBA); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Reserve System; Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Education, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Bills named: H.R. 3633 (113th), H.R. 1982 (113th), H.R. 1226 (113th), S. 84 (113th), H.R. 1406 (113th), H.R. 3344 (113th), H.R. 1120 (113th), S. 1188 (113th), H.R. 4586 (113th), S. 1498 (113th), S. 2178 (113th), H.R. 4321 (113th), H.R. 2347 (113th), H.R. 337 (113th), H.R. 4959 (113th), S. 460 (113th), H.R. 1010 (113th), S. 1712 (113th), H.R. 803 (113th), S. 2223 (113th), S. 1626 (113th), H.R. 4320 (113th), S. 1737 (113th), S. 2199 (113th), S. 1166 (113th), H.R. 3485 (113th), H.R. 4019 (113th)

Computer Industry CPI

H.R. 1232, Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, including provisions relating to IT procurement policy

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Reserve System; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); General Services Administration (GSA)

Bills named: H.R. 1232 (113th)

Animals ANI

H.R. 4315, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 4316, Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act H.R. 4317, State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act H.R. 4318, Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Small Business Administration (SBA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Education, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); General Services Administration (GSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: H.R. 4317 (113th), H.R. 4318 (113th), H.R. 4315 (113th), H.R. 4316 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 45, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 H.R. 523, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 H.R. 581, First Responder Medical Device Tax Relief Act H.R. 582, Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act H.R. 763, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 781, Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2013 H.R. 903 / S. 399, American Job Protection Act H.R. 1248 / S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act H.R. 1254, Auto Enroll Repeal Act H.R. 1295, Medical Device Tax Elimination Act H.R. 1558 / S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act of 2013 H.R. 1735, In It All Together Act H.R. 1780, To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act H.R. 2674, Job Creation Act of 2013 H.R. 2835 / S. 1647, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2013 H.R. 2925, Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2013 H.R. 2988 / S. 701 / S. 1188, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 H.R. 3077, TELE-MED Act of 2013 H.R. 3121, American Health Care Reform Act of 2013 H.R. 3124, Investing in Permanency for Youth in Foster Care Act H.R. 3204, Drug Quality and Security Act H.R. 3367, To amend section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the application of the health insurance provider annual fee until 2016 and to provide a process to return to consumers any amounts attributable to the expected application of the annual fee to 2014 or 2015 H.R. 3419, Small Business Fairness in Obamacare Act H.R. 3462 / S. 1735, Self-Insurance Protection Act H.R. 4118, SIMPLE Fairness Act H.R. 4160, Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014 H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014 S. 232, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act S. 612, Social Security Number Protection Act of 2011 S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013 S. 1488, A bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes S. 1647, Restoring Access to Medication Act Proposed Regulation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: standards related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation (77 Fed. Reg. 70,644-70,676, November 26, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 147, 155, 156) Proposed Regulation on the Health Insurance Market Rules: Rate Review (77 Fed. Reg. 70,584-70,617, November 26, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 144, 147, 150) Proposed Regulation on the HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014 (77 Fed. Reg. 73,118-73,218, December 7, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 153, 155, 156, 157, 158) Proposed Regulation on the Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation (77 Fed. Reg. 70,644-70,676, November 26, 2012) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 147, 155, 156) Proposed Regulation on Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Programs, and Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Exchange Eligibility Appeals and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Exchanges, Medicaid and CHIP, and Medicaid Premiums and Cost Sharing (78 Fed. Reg. 4,594-4,724, January 22, 2013) (to be codified at 42 C.F.R. pts. 430, 431, 433, 435, 440, 447, 457) Proposed Regulation on Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans (77 Fed. Reg. 70,620-70,642, November 26, 2012) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 54) 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 Rule 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 Rule 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 regarding the Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans: Small Business Health Options Program (78 Fed. Reg. 15,553-15,558, March 11, 2013) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 155, 156) Interim Final Rule on Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints under Section 1558 of the Affordable Care Act (78 Fed. Reg. 13,222-13,236, February 27, 2013) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 1984) Response to the Department of Labors document FAQs about Affordable Care Act Implementation Part XI issued on January 24, 2013, regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on the Legality of Employer Subsidies for Individual Health Insurance Proposed Rule on the Health Insurance Providers Fee (78 Fed. Reg. 14,034-14,046, March 4, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 57) Proposed Rule on The $500,000 Deduction Limitation for Remuneration Provided by Certain Health Insurance Providers (78 Fed. Reg. 19,950-19,977, April 2, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 1) Proposed Rule on Minimum Value of Eligible Employer-Sponsored Plans and Other Rules Regarding the Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit (78 Fed. Reg. 25,909-25,916, May 3, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 1) Proposed Rule on Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Members of Congress and Congressional Staff (78 Fed. Reg. 48,337-48,339, August 8, 2013) (to be codified at 5 C.F.R. pt. 890) Proposed Rule on HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2015 (78 Fed. Reg. 72,322-72,392, December 2, 2013) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 144, 147, 153, 155, 156) Proposed Rule on Amendments to Excepted Benefits (78 Fed. Reg. 77,632-77,642, December 24, 2013) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 2590) Draft 2015 Letter to Issuers in the Federally-facilitated Marketplace (issued on February 4, 2014, from the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Proposed Rule on Contract Year 2015 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program (79 Fed. Reg. 1,918-2,073, January 10, 2014) (to be codified at 42 C.F.R. pts. 409, 417, 422 et. al.) Proposed Rule on Administrative Simplification: Certification of Compliance for Health Plans (79 Fed. Reg. 298-324, January 2, 2014) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 160, 162) Proposed Rule on Exchange and Insurance Market Standards for 2015 and Beyond (79 Fed. Reg. 15,808-15,879, March 21, 2014) (to be codified at 45 C.F.R. pts. 146, 147, 148 et al.) Proposed Rule on Ninety-Day Waiting Period Limitation (79 Fed. Reg. 10,320-10,325, February 24, 2014) (to be codified at 29 C.F.R. pt. 2590; 45 C.F.R. pt. 147; and 26 C.F.R. pt. 54) Proposed Rule on Minimum Essential Coverage and Other Rules Regarding Shared Responsibility Payment for Individuals (79 Fed. Reg. 4,302-4,308, January 27, 2014) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 1) Draft Guidance Notices on Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose Test Systems for Over-the-Counter Use (79 Fed. Reg. 829-830, January 7, 2014) Statement for the Record in Response to a Notice of Meeting on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (79 Fed. Reg. 28,555-28,556, May 16, 2014) Various issues relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), including implementation of regulatory process, legislative corrections, coverage, financing, delivery reform, 1099 reporting, Grandfathering, HSA and FSA changes, CMS claims database, IPAB, CLASS program, employer mandate, reporting requirements, 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 analyses, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits; the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including regulatory process and legislative corrections to the ERISA preemption, the impact on small business, the small business tax credit, insurance coverage, financing, delivery reform; changes to Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug (Part D) programs including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices; entitlement reform; health information technology

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Reserve System; Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Education, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 3367 (113th), H.R. 2988 (113th), S. 1647 (113th), S. 1488 (113th), H.R. 1735 (113th), H.R. 3077 (113th), S. 399 (113th), H.R. 1248 (113th), H.R. 2575 (113th), H.R. 2835 (113th), H.R. 2668 (113th), H.R. 3124 (113th), H.R. 523 (113th), H.R. 1295 (113th), H.R. 1558 (113th), H.R. 4302 (113th), H.R. 1780 (113th), H.R. 2925 (113th), S. 232 (113th), H.R. 3204 (113th), H.R. 2667 (113th), S. 1735 (113th), H.R. 3419 (113th), H.R. 581 (113th), H.R. 582 (113th), S. 612 (113th), H.R. 4118 (113th), H.R. 3462 (113th), H.R. 45 (113th), H.R. 903 (113th), H.R. 4160 (113th), H.R. 763 (113th), S. 24 (113th), H.R. 2674 (113th), S. 1031 (113th), H.R. 3121 (113th), H.R. 781 (113th), H.R. 4414 (113th), H.R. 1254 (113th), S. 1188 (113th), S. 603 (113th), S. 610 (113th), S. 701 (113th)

Gaming/Gambling/Casino GAM

Various issues relating to potential online gaming legislation; regulation of online poker; prohibition of online gaming

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Copyright Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

Small Business SMB

Various issues relating to the effectiveness and mission of the office of the Small Business Administration Ombudsman

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Reserve System; Small Business Administration (SBA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Education, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); General Services Administration (GSA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Energy, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Various issues relating to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Education, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Energy, Dept of; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); General Services Administration (GSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); White House Office

Immigration IMM

H.R. 15, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act H.R. 242, Legal Agricultural Workforce Act H.R. 300 / S. 266, Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2013 H.R. 459, STEM Visa Act of 2013 H.R. 478, E-Verify Modernization Act of 2013 H.R. 490 / S. 223, Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act H.R. 502, Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act H.R. 519, Uniting American Families Act of 2013 H.R. 547, Border Security and Responsibility Act of 2013 H.R. 548, Border Infrastructure and Jobs Act of 2013 H.R. 583, Putting Our Resources Toward Security (PORTS) Act H.R. 633 / S. 293, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 H.R. 692, Protecting Department of Homeland Security Personnel Act of 2013 H.R. 707, Short Term Retention for Agricultural Workers Act of 2013 H.R. 714 / S. 310, Startup Act 3.0 H.R. 798, Workforce Investment Act of 2013 H.R. 803, SKILLS Act H.R. 830, Secure America through Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act of 2013 H.R. 938, United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013 H.R. 1108 / S. 178, Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act of 2013 H.R. 1227, Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s from Leaving the Economy (STAPLE) Act of 2013 H.R. 1354, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act of 2013 H.R. 1417, Border Security Results Act of 2013 H.R. 1444, H-2A Improvement Act H.R. 1562, Family Farm Relief Act of 2013 H.R. 1596, American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 H.R. 1772, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 1773, Agricultural Guestworker Act H.R. 2131, SKILLS Visa Act H.R. 2278, SAFE Act H.R. 2752, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude seasonal workers from the applicable large employer determination for purposes of employer shared responsibility regarding health coverage H.R. 2765, Save Our Seasons Act of 2013 H.R. 2872, Border Enforcement, Security, and Technology (BEST) Act of 2013 H.R. 3000, Rural Economy Vital Investment Visa Encouragement (REVIVE) Act of 2013 H.R. 3141, Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 3344, Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013 H.R. 4178, American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2014 H.R. 4238, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for requirements for employers of H-2B nonimmigrants, and for other purposes H.R. 4303, Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2014 H.R. 4450, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014 S. 1, Immigration Reform that Works for Americas Future Act S. 169, I-Squared Act of 2013 S. 189, Startup Visa Act of 2013 S. 202, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 292, Dairy and Sheep H-2A Act S. 296, Uniting American Families Act of 2013 S. 300, A bill to prohibit the implementation of any program that grants temporary legal status to, or adjusts the status of, any individual who is unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies that the US-VISIT system has been fully implemented at every land, sea, and air port of entry S. 303, STEM Jobs Act of 2013 S. 462, United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013 S. 478, A bill to clarify that the revocation of an alien's visa or other documentation is not subject to judicial review S. 518, H2O Visa for Seafood Processing Act S. 600, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2013 S. 703, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the eligibility of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region for designation for participation in the visa waiver program for certain visitors to the United States S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act S. 1812, Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2013 Various issues relating to the implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (P.L. 113-6); H1-B Visa Program; H2-B Visa Program; L-1B 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: Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Education, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: S. 266 (113th), H.R. 692 (113th), H.R. 1562 (113th), S. 310 (113th), H.R. 3141 (113th), S. 178 (113th), H.R. 3344 (113th), H.R. 938 (113th), H.R. 583 (113th), S. 189 (113th), S. 744 (113th), H.R. 1773 (113th), H.R. 242 (113th), H.R. 1354 (113th), S. 169 (113th), H.R. 547 (113th), H.R. 714 (113th), H.R. 4178 (113th), H.R. 2278 (113th), S. 1 (113th), S. 300 (113th), H.R. 519 (113th), H.R. 803 (113th), H.R. 4238 (113th), H.R. 502 (113th), H.R. 2752 (113th), H.R. 1417 (113th), H.R. 1227 (113th), H.R. 830 (113th), S. 223 (113th), H.R. 1772 (113th), S. 293 (113th), S. 296 (113th), S. 600 (113th), S. 202 (113th), H.R. 1596 (113th), H.R. 300 (113th), S. 462 (113th), S. 303 (113th), H.R. 2131 (113th), H.R. 633 (113th), H.R. 3000 (113th), H.R. 1108 (113th), S. 478 (113th), S. 518 (113th), H.R. 459 (113th), S. 292 (113th), H.R. 490 (113th), H.R. 798 (113th), S. 1812 (113th), H.R. 548 (113th), H.R. 1444 (113th), S. 703 (113th), H.R. 707 (113th), H.R. 2872 (113th), H.R. 4303 (113th), H.R. 478 (113th), H.R. 4450 (113th), H.R. 15 (113th), H.R. 2765 (113th)

Accounting ACC

H.R. 4164, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act Draft legislation on conflict minerals audits Various issues relating to implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); 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

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Copyright Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Reserve System; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4164 (113th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

H.R. 377 / S. 84 / S. 2199, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 1755 / S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act H.R. 1975 / S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Fiscal Year 2015 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Proposed regulations relating to affirmative action for protected veterans (76 Fed. Reg. 23,358, April 26, 2011) Proposed regulations relating to affirmative action under section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (76 Fed. Reg. 77,056, December 9, 2011) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to a compensation data collection tool (76 Fed. Reg. 49,398, August 10, 2011) Proposed changes to OFCCP Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing (76 Fed. Reg. 60,083, September 28, 2011) Proposed withdrawal of Compensation Discrimination Interpretative Standards (71 Fed. Reg. 35,124, June 16, 2006) EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Employer Use of Criminal History (No. 915.002, adopted April 25, 2012) 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; potential Senate ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Education, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: S. 2199 (113th), S. 84 (113th), H.R. 1975 (113th), H.R. 1755 (113th), S. 815 (113th), S. 942 (113th), H.R. 377 (113th)

Agriculture AGR

H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 H.R. 3189, Water Rights Protection Act H.R. 4413, Customer Protection and End User Relief Act S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 Various issues relating to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs); sugar program reform; proposed FDA food fees

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); State, Dept of (DOS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 3189 (113th), H.R. 1947 (113th), S. 954 (113th), H.R. 4413 (113th)

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

H.R. 677, Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act H.R. 992 / S. 474, Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act H.R. 1003, To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders H.R. 1341, Financial Competitive Act of 2013 H.R. 3191, Expanding Opportunities to Underserved Businesses Act H.R. 4413, Customer Protection and End User Relief Act S. 469, A bill to assist the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in stabilizing the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program S. 888, A Bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Various issues relating to the implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), all provisions and amendments relating to derivatives, corporate governance, and the Volcker Rule; the Financial Stability Oversight Council

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Energy, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1003 (113th), H.R. 4413 (113th), H.R. 3191 (113th), H.R. 1341 (113th), S. 469 (113th), H.R. 677 (113th), H.R. 992 (113th), S. 888 (113th), S. 474 (113th)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 335, RAMP Act H.R. 1149, Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013 H.R. 2084, Partnership to Build America Act of 2013 H.R. 2641, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2013 H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013, including provisions in conference report H.R. 3636, Update, Promote, and Develop America's Transportation Essentials (UPDATE) Act of 2013, including provisions relating to infrastructure investment H.R. 4105 / S. 1509, Maritime Goods Movement Act for the 21st Century S. 218, Harbor Maintenance Act of 2013 S. 407, Reinvesting In Vital Economic Rivers and Waterways Act of 2013 S. 601, Water Resources and Development Act S. 1957, Partnership to Build America Act of 2014 S. 2094, Vessel Incidental Discharge Act H. Con. Res. 25, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 Preserving Americas Transit and Highways (PATH) Act (discussion draft) Various issues relating to implementation of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112-141), including maintaining funding levels; implementation of Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act (P.L. 112-95); National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the Highway Trust Fund; 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; national gas tax; voluntary safety standards for recreational off-highway vehicles

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Copyright Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 3080 (113th), S. 1957 (113th), H.R. 4105 (113th), H.R. 335 (113th), S. 407 (113th), H.R. 3636 (113th), H.R. 2084 (113th), S.Con.Res. 8 (113th), S. 1509 (113th), S. 2094 (113th), H.Con.Res. 25 (113th), S. 601 (113th), H.R. 2641 (113th), H.R. 1149 (113th), S. 218 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 30, Small Business Investment Enhancement and Tax Relief Act H.R. 243, Bowles-Simpson Plan of Lowering Americas Debt Act H.R. 516, Middle Class Payroll Tax Relief Act H.R. 523, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 H.R. 684 / S. 336 / S. 743, Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 H.R. 694, Corporate Tax Fairness Act H.R. 763, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 766 / S. 321, Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013 H.R. 851 / S. 337, Bring Jobs Home Act H.R. 880 / S. 410, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act H.R. 886, Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2013 H.R. 1202 / S. 547, One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2013 H.R. 2546 / S. 1257, Protect American Investments Act of 2013 H.R. 3724 / S. 1364, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 H.R. 4429, Permanent Active Financing Exception Act of 2014 H.R. 4438, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014 H.R. 4453, S Corporation Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4454, Permanent S Corporation Charitable Contributions Act of 2014 H.R. 4457, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4464, Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2014 S. 193, Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2013 S. 250, Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act S. 268, CUT Loopholes Act S. 277, Job Prevention and Economic Certainty Act of 2013 S. 278, Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013 S. 388, American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013 S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014 S. 2432, Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act Draft Tax Reform Act of 2014 Various issues relating to the implementation of Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96); tax extenders including R&D tax credit, bonus depreciation, exemptions for active financing income, deferral tax provisions, S-Corp tax provisions, and Section 179 expensing limits; international competiveness of corporate tax rates; comprehensive tax reform, including House Ways and Means Committee working drafts and Chairman Camps comprehensive draft bill; Chairman Goodlattes principles governing sales tax collection legislation; Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); extension of unemployment insurance; Senator Levins Management and Control corporate residency proposal; Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR); House Judiciary Committee Principles on Internet Sales Tax; tax reform; entitlement reform; sequestration; internet sales tax

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Energy, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Security Council (NSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: S. 336 (113th), H.R. 880 (113th), S. 277 (113th), H.R. 766 (113th), S. 268 (113th), H.R. 4464 (113th), H.R. 763 (113th), S. 278 (113th), S. 1257 (113th), S. 1364 (113th), H.R. 4454 (113th), H.R. 1202 (113th), S. 321 (113th), H.R. 3724 (113th), S. 743 (113th), H.R. 886 (113th), S. 2432 (113th), H.R. 851 (113th), H.R. 694 (113th), H.R. 2546 (113th), H.R. 243 (113th), S. 337 (113th), H.R. 4457 (113th), H.R. 30 (113th), S. 193 (113th), H.R. 4453 (113th), H.R. 4429 (113th), H.R. 523 (113th), S. 2260 (113th), S. 250 (113th), H.R. 4438 (113th), S. 410 (113th), S. 547 (113th), S. 388 (113th), H.R. 516 (113th), H.R. 684 (113th)

Retirement RET

S. 1970, Retirement Security Act of 2014 S. 2511, A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the definition of substantial cessation of operations Regulations issued by the Department of Labor under ERISA section 408(b)(2) pertaining to plan fee disclosures (79 Fed. Reg. 13,949-13,962, March 12, 2014) Various issues relating to potential changes to the definition of a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (P.L. 93-604); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: comprehensive reform, opposition to premium increases, enforcement activity pertaining to ERISA section 4062(e) (the substantial cessation of operations); comprehensive funding reform for multiemployer pension plans

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Small Business Administration (SBA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); General Services Administration (GSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Energy, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Bills named: S. 2511 (113th), S. 1970 (113th)

Foreign Relations FOR

H.R. 491, Global Online Freedom Act of 2013 H.R. 2548, Electrify Africa Act of 2014

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Security Council (NSC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); General Services Administration (GSA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 491 (113th), H.R. 2548 (113th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

H.R. 1877, Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013, including provisions relating to Buy America H.R. 4435, Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy, Buy America, and counterfeit parts H.R. 4870, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy S. 601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, including provisions relating to Buy America S. 2289, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy, Buy America, and counterfeit parts Various issues relating to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Copyright Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Education, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 601 (113th), H.R. 1877 (113th), H.R. 4870 (113th), S. 2289 (113th), H.R. 4435 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 1872, Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014 H.R. 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 H.R. 4487, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 H.R. 4660 / S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 H.R. 4745 / S. 2438, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 H.R. 4800 / S. 2389, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 H.R. 4870, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 H.R. 4886, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 H. Con. Res. 96, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024 H. Con. Res. 25, Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 H. J. Res. 59, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 S. Con. Res. 8, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 Fiscal Year 2015 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Potential legislation similar to S. 832, Security and Accountability for Every Port Reauthorization Act of 2011 Various issues relating to appropriations to the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); provisions relating to the Federal Credit Reform Act (P.L. 101-508); Fiscal Year 2015: budget, and funding issues relating to the SBA; 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 issues relating to the International Monetary Fund (IMF); 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, and Office of Financial Research

Contacted: Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Education, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 4660 (113th), H.R. 4487 (113th), H.R. 2775 (113th), H.J.Res. 59 (113th), S. 2389 (113th), H.Con.Res. 25 (113th), S. 2438 (113th), H.R. 4745 (113th), H.R. 1872 (113th), H.R. 4886 (113th), S. 2437 (113th), S. 832 (113th), S.Con.Res. 8 (113th), H.R. 4800 (113th), H.Con.Res. 96 (113th), H.R. 4870 (113th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

H.R. 888, General Duty Clarification Act of 2013 H.R. 4007, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014 H.R. 4903 / S. 2534, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015, including provisions relating to funding for the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) personnel surety program S. 1009, Chemical Safety Improvement Act Chemicals in Commerce Act (discussion draft) Draft legislation titled Protecting American Chemical Facilities from Attack Act of 2014

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); General Services Administration (GSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 1009 (113th), S. 2534 (113th), H.R. 888 (113th), H.R. 4903 (113th), H.R. 4007 (113th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act H.R. 756, Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013 H.R. 845, Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013 H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act H.R. 1468, SECURE IT H.R. 1847 / S. 607 , Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments of 2013 H.R. 1852, Email Privacy Act H.R. 3004, Reducing Waste and Increasing Efficiency in Trade Act H.R. 3523, IRS Accountability Act H.R. 3696, National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 3990 / S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014 H.R. 4660 / S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 H.R. 4711, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2014 S. 662, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013 S. 884, Deter Cyber Theft Act S. 1193, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013 S. 1720, Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 S. 1927, Data Security Act of 2014 S. 1976, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014 S. 1995, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014 S. 2171, Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014 S. 2378, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2014 Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014 (discussion draft) 21st Century Cyber Threats, House Judiciary Committee (discussion draft) Various issues relating to a strong IP chapter in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP); Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); modernization of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 102-243); Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, including data breach provisions; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center); National Institute of Standards and Technology preliminary cybersecurity framework; Federal Trade Commission authority; White House big data review; transition of the National Telecommunications & Information Administrations stewardship of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions; ICANN proposal for a Limited Preventative Registration (LPR) mechanism; ICANN's gTLD program; customs facilitation and trade enforcement reauthorization; securing clarification that criminal copyright infringement through unauthorized streaming is a felony; multi-stakeholder discussions on the development of voluntary privacy codes of conduct; need to distinguish national security related privacy from commercial privacy practices; privacy legislation

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Reserve System; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Education, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: S. 607 (113th), S. 884 (113th), S. 1897 (113th), H.R. 624 (113th), S. 662 (113th), S. 1720 (113th), H.R. 3523 (113th), H.R. 1847 (113th), S. 1995 (113th), H.R. 1468 (113th), H.R. 983 (113th), S. 1193 (113th), S. 2378 (113th), H.R. 845 (113th), H.R. 1852 (113th), H.R. 3990 (113th), S. 2437 (113th), H.R. 3696 (113th), H.R. 756 (113th), S. 1927 (113th), H.R. 4711 (113th), S. 2171 (113th), H.R. 3004 (113th), H.R. 4660 (113th), S. 1976 (113th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

H.R. 1020 / S. 489, Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013 H.R. 1204, Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2013 H.R. 2719, Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act, including provisions relating to procurement policy Various issues relating to Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and Regulation

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); General Services Administration (GSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Bills named: H.R. 2719 (113th), H.R. 1204 (113th), H.R. 1020 (113th), S. 489 (113th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food: incompleteness and inaccuracy of cost estimates and errors in benefit analysis, (79 Fed. Reg. 7,005-7,037, February 5, 2014) Various issues relating to Food and Drug Administration, regulations implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-353), including issues relating to incompleteness and inaccuracy of cost estimates and errors in benefit analysis; Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs); FDA proposed food fees

Contacted: Education, Dept of; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Copyright Office; General Services Administration (GSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); Energy, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 3, Northern Route Approval Act H.R. 6, Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act H.R. 271, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013 H.R. 367, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013 H.R. 527, Helium Stewardship Act of 2013 H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 H.R. 761, National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013 H.R. 1582, Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013, including H. Amd. 447 H.R. 1613, Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act H.R. 1829, Coal Jobs Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 1900, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 1964, National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act H.R. 2126, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 2128, Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 H.R. 2231, Offshore Energy and Jobs Act H.R. 2641, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2013 H.R. 2689 / S. 1308, Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2013 H.R. 2728, Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act H.R. 2850, EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act H.R. 2916, Domestic Energy Production Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 3301, North American Energy Infrastructure Act H.R. 3826 / S. 1905, Electricity Security and Affordability Act H.R. 4615 / S. 1106, Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act of 2014 H.R. 4795, Promoting New Manufacturing Act S. 17, Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013 S. 761, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 S. 1009, Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013 S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 S. 1397, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2013 S. 2262, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014 Potential legislation relating to EPA regulation of ozone 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) Nomination hearing for Director of the Office of Management and Budget 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 analysis; authorization of the Keystone XL pipeline; liquefied natural gas exports; environment and energy policy; energy savings performance contracts presidential initiative; energy efficiency; energy efficiency regulations, including provisions relating to cost-benefit analysis

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 3 (113th), H.R. 2231 (113th), H.R. 1613 (113th), S. 2262 (113th), H.R. 2128 (113th), S. 1009 (113th), H.R. 1900 (113th), H.R. 3301 (113th), H.R. 761 (113th), S. 1308 (113th), S. 761 (113th), H.R. 3826 (113th), H.R. 2126 (113th), S. 1106 (113th), H.R. 687 (113th), H.R. 1829 (113th), H.R. 6 (113th), S. 17 (113th), H.R. 271 (113th), H.R. 1582 (113th), H.R. 367 (113th), H.R. 2916 (113th), H.R. 2641 (113th), H.R. 527 (113th), H.R. 4615 (113th), H.R. 1964 (113th), S. 1392 (113th), H.R. 2728 (113th), S. 1397 (113th), H.R. 2689 (113th), H.R. 2850 (113th), H.R. 4795 (113th), S. 1905 (113th)

Education EDU

H.R. 5, Student Success Act H.R. 10, Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act H.R. 551, Fast Track to College Act of 2013 H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act H.R. 1937 / S. 915, Student Right To Know Before You Go Act of 2013 H.R. 2536, Computer Science Education Act of 2013 H.R. 2637, Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act H.R. 4897, Transparency in Education Act S. 406, Students First Act of 2013 S. 1010, Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools Act S. 1094, Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013 S. 1101, Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2013 S. 1356, Workforce Investment Act of 2013 S. 2304, Expanding Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act S. 2432, Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act Various issues relating to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (P.L. 89-10); reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (P.L. 105-220); 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), also including development of student financial assistance regulations pursuant to section 492; Department of Educations Gainful Employment Negotiated Rulemaking; 90/10 rule requiring for-profit colleges to receive at least 10% of their revenues for sources other than federal student aid; Common Core State Standards Initiative; early childhood education

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Security Council (NSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Education, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Small Business Administration (SBA); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2536 (113th), H.R. 2637 (113th), S. 2432 (113th), S. 406 (113th), H.R. 5 (113th), S. 915 (113th), S. 2304 (113th), S. 1356 (113th), H.R. 4897 (113th), H.R. 803 (113th), S. 1094 (113th), S. 1101 (113th), H.R. 551 (113th), H.R. 1937 (113th), S. 1010 (113th), H.R. 10 (113th)

Travel/Tourism TOU

H.R. 15, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act H.R. 490 / S. 223, Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act H.R. 1354, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2013 H.R. 1417 / S. 683, Border Security Results Act of 2013 H.R. 1525, Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2013 H.R. 1923 / S. 703, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the eligibility of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for designation for participation in the visa waiver program for certain visitors to the United States H.R. 2872, Border Enforcement, Security, and Technology (BEST) Act of 2013 H.R. 3141, Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 4450 / S. 2250, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014 S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act S. 1812, Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2013 Various issues relating to implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (P.L. 113-6), including provisions relating to the inclusion of language to expand the Visa Waiver Program; reauthorization of the Travel Promotion Act, (P.L. 111-145); Executive Order 13597, Establishing Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals and the Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness; expansion of DHS trusted traveler programs, including Customs and Border Protection's Global Entry program and the Transportation Security Administration's PreCheck; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; Brand USA and travel promotion; government travel and meetings; proposed study for a fee on pedestrians at land ports of entry; entry/exit process at ports of entry

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); General Services Administration (GSA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Copyright Office; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 3141 (113th), S. 2250 (113th), S. 1812 (113th), H.R. 1923 (113th), H.R. 490 (113th), H.R. 4450 (113th), H.R. 1417 (113th), S. 744 (113th), S. 703 (113th), S. 223 (113th), H.R. 15 (113th), H.R. 2872 (113th), S. 683 (113th), H.R. 1525 (113th), H.R. 1354 (113th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) H.R. 756, Cyber-Security Enhancement Act of 2013 H.R. 888, General Duty Clarification Act of 2013 H.R. 1163, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013 (FISMA) H.R. 2719, Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act, including provisions relating to procurement policy H.R. 2952, Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement (CIRDA) Act of 2013 H.R. 3696, National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 4007, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014 H.R. 4660 / S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, including provisions relating the national strategy for trusted identities in cyberspace program H.R. 4903 / S. 2534, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015, including provisions relating to funding the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) personnel surety program S. 884, Deter Cyber Theft Act S. 1353, Cybersecurity Act of 2013 S. 1638, Cybersecurity Public Awareness Act of 2013 S. 2354, DHS Cybersecurity Workforce Recruitment and Retention Act of 2014 S. 2384, Deter Cyber Theft Act of 2014 S. 2410, Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 S. 2519, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center Act of 2014 S. 2521, Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 Draft legislation relating to Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 General Services Administration (GSA) request for information, Joint Working Group on Improving Cybersecurity and Resilience Through Acquisition (78 Fed. Reg. 27,966-27,968, May 13, 2013) Various issues relating to National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (P.L. 113-66), including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 2324, requiring operationally critical contractors to report to the Department of Defense on network/system penetrations; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (P.L. 113-76), including provisions relating to Sec. 515; Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, issues relating to framework for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity and the accompanying voluntary program; Executive Order 13650, Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security, issues relating to implementation; National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) program; National Institute of Standards and Technologys (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1163 (113th), H.R. 4007 (113th), H.R. 2719 (113th), H.R. 756 (113th), H.R. 888 (113th), S. 2384 (113th), S. 2534 (113th), H.R. 2952 (113th), S. 2354 (113th), S. 1353 (113th), S. 2410 (113th), H.R. 624 (113th), H.R. 4903 (113th), S. 2519 (113th), S. 2521 (113th), S. 1638 (113th), S. 2437 (113th), H.R. 3696 (113th), H.R. 4660 (113th), S. 884 (113th)

Science/Technology SCI

Various issues relating to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs); Environment Protection Agency science, research, and development

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Energy, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Reserve System; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Education, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Copyright Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Treasury, Dept of; General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

H.R. 279, 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. 409 / S. 165, Indian Trust Asset Reform Act H.R. 1226 / S. 1477, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013 H.R. 1548, Native American Energy Act H.R. 3043 / S. 1507, Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2013 S. 2132, Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2014 S. 2188, A bill 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 Various issues relating to the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996, (P.L. 104-330); 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; Bureau of Indian Education (BIE); Indian Health Services (IHS); promotion of energy development on Native American lands; Native American taxation; contract support costs

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Education, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Reserve System; Natl Security Council (NSC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Copyright Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Bills named: H.R. 279 (113th), H.R. 1226 (113th), S. 2132 (113th), H.R. 409 (113th), S. 1477 (113th), S. 1507 (113th), H.R. 1548 (113th), S. 2188 (113th), S. 995 (113th), S. 165 (113th), S. 379 (113th), H.R. 3043 (113th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 888, General Duty Clause Clarification Act of 2013 H.R. 2641, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2013 H.R. 3189, Water Rights Protection Act H.R. 3826 / S. 1905, Electricity Security and Affordability Act S. 1397, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2013 S. 2161, EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act S. 2514, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2014 Draft legislation titled Commonsense Legislative Exception Events Reform Act of 2014 Draft legislation titled Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act Potential legislation on EPAs regulation of ozone 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) Nomination hearing for Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice Various issues relating to the Clean Water Act; environment and energy policy; proposed EPA 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

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Security Council (NSC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Education, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Treasury, Dept of; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Reserve System

Bills named: H.R. 3189 (113th), H.R. 3826 (113th), S. 2514 (113th), S. 1397 (113th), S. 2161 (113th), H.R. 888 (113th), S. 1905 (113th), H.R. 2641 (113th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 H.R. 761, National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013 H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013 H.R. 3189, Water Rights Protection Act H.R. 4315, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 4316, Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act H.R. 4317, State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act H.R. 4318, Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act H.R. 4795, Promoting New Manufacturing Act S. 19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements Various issues relating to Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); environment and energy policy; mining policy

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); General Services Administration (GSA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Reserve System; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Copyright Office; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Education, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: H.R. 4315 (113th), H.R. 4316 (113th), H.R. 4318 (113th), H.R. 4317 (113th), S. 19 (113th), H.R. 3189 (113th), H.R. 2218 (113th), H.R. 4795 (113th), H.R. 761 (113th), H.R. 687 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 367, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2013 H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013 H.R. 761, National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013 H.R. 888, General Duty Clause Clarification Act of 2013 H.R. 1493 / S. 714, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013 H.R. 1582, Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013, including H. Amd. 447 H.R. 1900, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 2122 / S. 1029, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013 H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013 H.R. 2279, Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013 H.R. 2641, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2013 H.R. 2728, Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act H.R. 2850, EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act H.R. 2886, Social Cost of Carbon Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013 H.R. 2916, Domestic Energy Production Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 H.R. 3301, North American Energy Infrastructure Act H.R. 3826 / S. 1905, Electricity Security and Affordability Act H.R. 4315, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 4316, Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act H.R. 4317, State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act H.R. 4318, Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act H.R. 4795, Promoting New Manufacturing Act H.R. 4957 / S. 2526, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms (CLEER) Act of 2014 S. 19, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements S. 491, Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development (BUILD) Act of 2013 S. 601, Water Resource Development Act of 2013 S. 1397, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2013 S. 1536, Agency PAYGO Act of 2013 S. 2161, EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act S. 2514, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2014 Potential legislation relating to EPA regulation of ozone 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) Nomination hearing for Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice Nomination hearing for Director of the Office of Management and Budget Various issues relating to Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); Food Safety Modernization Act (P.L. 111-203); Information Quality Act (P.L. 106-554), requests for reconsideration; EPAs Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment; definition of waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217); EPA review of the 2008 ozone national ambient air quality standards; EPAs definition of solid waste rule; EPA science and research and development; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; EPA regulations, including identifying advantages of computable general equilibrium models for estimating impacts on entire economy of regulatory policy decisions; role of economy wide modeling in EPA analysis of air regulations; EPA Air and Water programs, including estimation of combined costs of regulations affecting energy industries; EPA Air Programs, including incompleteness of estimates of regulatory costs/benefits and employment impacts of proposed and final regulations; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analysis; whole economy modeling of economic impact of environment and energy policy; Superfund policy; mining policy

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Copyright Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Education, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Bills named: H.R. 4317 (113th), H.R. 2850 (113th), H.R. 888 (113th), S. 1905 (113th), S. 2526 (113th), H.R. 761 (113th), S. 1397 (113th), S. 1029 (113th), H.R. 2122 (113th), H.R. 687 (113th), H.R. 2218 (113th), H.R. 3826 (113th), S. 19 (113th), H.R. 4795 (113th), H.R. 2279 (113th), H.R. 3301 (113th), H.R. 3080 (113th), S. 2514 (113th), S. 714 (113th), H.R. 2916 (113th), H.R. 4957 (113th), H.R. 367 (113th), H.R. 2886 (113th), H.R. 4318 (113th), H.R. 4316 (113th), S. 601 (113th), H.R. 1493 (113th), H.R. 2728 (113th), S. 2161 (113th), H.R. 1582 (113th), S. 1536 (113th), H.R. 1900 (113th), S. 491 (113th), H.R. 2641 (113th), H.R. 4315 (113th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 3331 / S. 1465, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Reserve System; Education, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); General Services Administration (GSA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Energy, Dept of; White House Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 1465 (113th), H.R. 3331 (113th)

Government Issues GOV

H.R. 148, DISCLOSE 2013 Act H.R. 325, No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 H.R. 367, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2013 H.R. 708 / S. 350, Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013 H.R. 899, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2013 H.R. 1232, Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, including provisions relating to IT procurement policy H.R. 1493 / S. 714, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013 H.R. 1582, Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013, including provisions relating to H. Amdt. 447 H.R. 1638, Census Reform Act of 2013 H.R. 1900, Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act H.R. 2098, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2013 H.R. 2122 / S. 1029, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013, including provisions relating to principles of regulatory cost benefit analysis, data quality, peer review, public comment period, risk assessment, and valuation of costs and benefits H.R. 2542, Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013 H.R. 2641, Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2013 H.R. 2728, Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act H.R. 2804, Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency Act of 2014 H.R. 2850, EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act H.R. 2886, Social Cost of Carbon Transparency Enhancement Act of 2013 H.R. 2916, Domestic Energy Production Protection Act of 2013 H.R. 3301, North American Energy Infrastructure Act H.R. 3863, Sound Regulation Act of 2014 H.R. 4012, Secret Science Reform Act of 2014 H.R. 4957 / S. 2526, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms (CLEER) Act of 2014 S. 19, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements S. 766, A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act S. 791, Follow the Money Act of 2013 S. 1397, Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2013 S. 1420, Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2013 S. 2514, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2014 S. 2153, National Regulatory Budget Act of 2014 S. 2161, EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act S. 2533, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act Potential legislation relating to EPAs regulation of ozone 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) Nomination hearing for Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Nomination hearing for Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice Nomination hearing for Director of the Office of Management and Budget Various issues relating to IRS proposed 501(c)(4) organizations rule and its implementation; the Judgment Fund; Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) guidance to regulatory agencies regarding incorporation of social cost of carbon into regulatory benefits calculation; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analysis; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S; regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; government reform, including proposal to combine SBA with other agencies; adoption of voluntary safety standards for recreational off-highway vehicles

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Security Council (NSC); General Services Administration (GSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1029 (113th), S. 19 (113th), S. 2153 (113th), H.R. 2886 (113th), H.R. 325 (113th), H.R. 2850 (113th), S. 2533 (113th), H.R. 2728 (113th), S. 2526 (113th), S. 1397 (113th), H.R. 2098 (113th), S. 2514 (113th), S. 1420 (113th), S. 350 (113th), H.R. 4957 (113th), S. 714 (113th), H.R. 2641 (113th), H.R. 708 (113th), H.R. 148 (113th), H.R. 2122 (113th), H.R. 2916 (113th), S. 2161 (113th), H.R. 1582 (113th), H.R. 1232 (113th), H.R. 899 (113th), H.R. 1493 (113th), S. 766 (113th), H.R. 1638 (113th), H.R. 4012 (113th), H.R. 2804 (113th), S. 791 (113th), H.R. 367 (113th), H.R. 3863 (113th), H.R. 1900 (113th), H.R. 2542 (113th), H.R. 3301 (113th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act H.R. 845, Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD) Act H.R. 1020 / S. 489, Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013 H.R. 1276, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act H.R. 1354, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act of 2013 H.R. 1409, Export Promotion Reform Act H.R. 1812, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 1926, State Trade Coordination Act H.R. 2548, Electrify Africa Act of 2013 H.R. 2708, To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of duty, and for other purposes H.R. 2709, To extend the Generalized System of Preferences H.R. 3830 / S. 1900, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 H.R. 4800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 H.R. 4950, Protecting American Jobs and Exports Act S. 660, Innovation Through Trade Act S. 662, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013 S. 718, Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act of 2013 S. 884, Deter Cyber Theft Act S. 1114, Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act Legislation similar to H.R. 496, Trade Enforcement Act of 2009 Legislation similar to H.R. 4095, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Legislation similar to H.R. 4216, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Legislation similar to H.R. 6654, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Legislation similar to S. 2002, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Various issues relating to Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, including Japans entry into the TPP negotiations; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR); U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trade Transformation Agenda; Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA); 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"); African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA); National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security Implementation Update; International Telecommunications Union; Transatlantic Economic Council; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization; World Trade Organization (WTO); Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; USPTO IP Attache Program; China's IPR; industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; IP issues related to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, India, Japan, Mexico, and Russia; IP issues related to internet counterfeiting and piracy; 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); 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. sanctions on Burma; Ukraine related sanctions; embargo on Cuba; U.S. - Canada Beyond the Border Initiative; U.S. - Mexico 21st Century Border Vision; U.S. trade relations with the Middle East and North Africa; U.S. - Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); trade dispute with Mexico regarding Cross-Border Trucking Program; trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with China; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB); Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); international affairs budget; International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform; 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); Export-Import Bank of the United States; export controls reform; promoting transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; advancing international regulatory cooperation; implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), G-20 obligations on Financial Service Reforms; the expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging; sugar program reform

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Copyright Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); General Services Administration (GSA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

Bills named: H.R. 496 (113th), H.R. 845 (113th), H.R. 1926 (113th), H.R. 4950 (113th), H.R. 4095 (113th), H.R. 1409 (113th), H.R. 6654 (113th), S. 718 (113th), H.R. 2709 (113th), H.R. 2548 (113th), S. 489 (113th), H.R. 1276 (113th), S. 1114 (113th), S. 884 (113th), S. 2002 (113th), H.R. 4216 (113th), H.R. 1020 (113th), H.R. 1812 (113th), H.R. 2708 (113th), S. 660 (113th), H.R. 624 (113th), H.R. 4800 (113th), S. 662 (113th), H.R. 1354 (113th), S. 1900 (113th), H.R. 3830 (113th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 450, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act H.R. 605, Insurance Consumer Protection and Solvency Act of 2013 H.R. 634, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013 H.R. 677, Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act H.R. 742, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013 H.R. 992 / S. 474, Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act H.R. 1038, Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013 H.R. 1062, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 1105, Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act H.R. 1106 / S. 550, Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2013 H.R. 1135, Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act H.R. 1221 / S. 737, Basel III Capital Impact Study Act H.R. 1256, Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act H.R. 1341, Financial Competitive Act of 2013 H.R. 1564 / S. 1526, Audit Integrity and Jobs Protection Act H.R. 1800, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 2122 / S. 1029, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013 H.R. 2140, Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 H.R. 2274, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2013 H.R. 2374, Retail Investor Protection Act H.R. 2446, Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013 H.R. 2546 / S. 1257, Protect American Investments Act of 2013 H.R. 2733, Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013 H.R. 3193, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2013 H.R. 3448, Small Cap Liquidity Reform Act of 2014 H.R. 3519, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013 H.R. 3623, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act H.R. 3701, U.S. Financial Services Global Viability Act H.R. 3770, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 2013 H.R. 3819 / S. 1907, Fairness for Community Job Creators Act H.R. 3928, Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 H.R. 4164, Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act H.R. 4167, Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act H.R. 4200, SBIC Advisers Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4383, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Small Business Advisory Board Act H.R. 4387, FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 4413, Customer Protection and End User Relief Act H.R. 4466, Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014 H.R. 4510 / S. 2270, Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014 H.R. 4554, Restricted Securities Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4565, Startup Capital Modernization Act of 2014 H.R. 4568, Small Business Freedom to Grow Act of 2014 H.R. 4569, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2014 H.R. 4570, Private Placement Improvement Act of 2014 H.R. 4571, To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its rules so as to increase the threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relating to compensatory benefit plans H.R. 4604, CFPB Data Collection Security Act H.R. 4662, Bureau Advisory Opinion Act H.R. 4684, Bureau Guidance Transparency Act H.R. 4697, Small-Cap Access to Capital Act H.R. 4804, Bureau Examination Fairness Act H.R. 4811, Bureau Guidance Transparency Act H.R. 4842, Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2014 S. 635, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 S. 888, A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 S. 1369, A bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes S. 2244, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014 Draft legislation on conflict minerals disclosures Various issues relating to implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), including proposals to alter the derivatives provisions; Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (P.L. 112-140), including Sec. 40312, issues related to pension fund stabilization; implementation of the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reform; Securities and Exchange Commission reform; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Labor definition of fiduciary duty rules; international capital standards for non-banks; systemic risk regulations for non-bank financial companies; financial reporting policies reform; regulation of money market mutual funds; proposed Volcker Rule, trust preferred bonds and collateralized loan obligations; proposed risk retention rules and the collateralized loan obligations market; Commodity Futures Trading Commission's derivatives regulations; amendments to Rule 701 under the Securities Act of 1933; Basel III capital standards; proposed money market mutual fund regulation; reconciliation of merchant card and third-party payments; political spending disclosures; transparent financial reporting; Federal Reserve Boards review of 2003 determination that certain commodity activities are complementary to financial activities and thus permissible for bank holding companies; reducing barriers to capital formation; capital requirements and systemically important financial institutions; oversight of proxy advisory firms; credit risk retention rules

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Reserve System; General Services Administration (GSA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Education, Dept of; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Energy, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Copyright Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 3193 (113th), S. 474 (113th), H.R. 677 (113th), H.R. 4554 (113th), H.R. 1106 (113th), S. 1217 (113th), H.R. 4804 (113th), H.R. 4570 (113th), H.R. 3819 (113th), H.R. 4571 (113th), H.R. 4466 (113th), H.R. 992 (113th), H.R. 2446 (113th), H.R. 2374 (113th), H.R. 2546 (113th), H.R. 4684 (113th), S. 1029 (113th), H.R. 4200 (113th), H.R. 2122 (113th), H.R. 1341 (113th), H.R. 4842 (113th), H.R. 1800 (113th), H.R. 1564 (113th), H.R. 450 (113th), H.R. 4383 (113th), S. 737 (113th), H.R. 4568 (113th), H.R. 742 (113th), H.R. 4167 (113th), H.R. 4811 (113th), H.R. 3519 (113th), H.R. 4413 (113th), H.R. 605 (113th), H.R. 1256 (113th), H.R. 4387 (113th), S. 2270 (113th), S. 1257 (113th), H.R. 4164 (113th), H.R. 1062 (113th), S. 1369 (113th), H.R. 4510 (113th), S. 550 (113th), S. 1907 (113th), H.R. 4697 (113th), H.R. 2140 (113th), S. 888 (113th), H.R. 2733 (113th), H.R. 3448 (113th), H.R. 3770 (113th), S. 1526 (113th), S. 635 (113th), H.R. 1221 (113th), H.R. 3928 (113th), H.R. 1105 (113th), H.R. 2274 (113th), H.R. 4604 (113th), S. 2244 (113th), H.R. 3701 (113th), H.R. 4662 (113th), H.R. 4569 (113th), H.R. 634 (113th), H.R. 4565 (113th), H.R. 3623 (113th), H.R. 1135 (113th), H.R. 1038 (113th)

Constitution CON

S. J. Res. 19, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections

Contacted: Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); General Services Administration (GSA); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Energy, Dept of; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); U.S. Copyright Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); White House Office

Bills named: S.J.Res. 19 (113th)

Utilities UTI

H.R. 1877, Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2013, including provisions relating to Buy America S. 601, Water Resources Development Act of 2013, including provisions relating to Buy America

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); U.S. Copyright Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Security Council (NSC); Energy, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); General Services Administration (GSA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office

Bills named: S. 601 (113th), H.R. 1877 (113th)

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

H.R. 2218, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013 Various issues relating to the EPAs definition of Solid Waste Rule; Superfund policy

Contacted: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Energy, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2218 (113th)

Veterans VET

S. 1999, SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Education, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Security Council (NSC); General Services Administration (GSA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of

Bills named: S. 1999 (113th)

Defense DEF

H.R. 1960 / S. 1034, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 H.R. 4435, Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy, Buy America, and counterfeit parts H.R. 4486, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 H.R. 4870, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy S. 2289, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy, Buy America, and counterfeit parts Fiscal Year 2015 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Treasury, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Small Business Administration (SBA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Education, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System

Bills named: H.R. 4870 (113th), S. 1034 (113th), H.R. 4435 (113th), H.R. 1960 (113th), H.R. 4486 (113th), S. 2289 (113th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 491, Global Online Freedom Act of 2013 H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act H.R. 684 / S. 336, Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 H.R. 749, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act H.R. 756, Cyber-Security Enhancement Act of 2013 H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act H.R. 1123 / S. 517, Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act H.R. 1312 / S. 639, Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act H.R. 1468, SECURE IT H.R. 1847 / S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 H.R. 1852, Email Privacy Act H.R. 3724 / S. 1364, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 H.R. 3990 / S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014 H.R. 4660 / S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 H.R. 4711 / S. 2378, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2014 S. 467, Wireless Device Independence Act of 2013 S. 635, Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2013 S. 1193, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013 S. 1379, Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 S. 1927, Data Security Act of 2014 S. 1976, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014 S. 1989, Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014 S. 1995, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014 S. 2171, Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (discussion draft) Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014 (discussion draft) 21st Century Cyber Threats, House Judiciary Committee (discussion draft) Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations legislation, including provisions relating to IP enforcement funding Various issues relating to the implementation of Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (P.L. 113-6); modernization of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 108-10); Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, including data breach provisions; Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement; Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; securing clarification that criminal copyright infringement through unauthorized streaming is a felony; cybersecurity; ICANN's gTLD program; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity framework; House Judiciary Committee Principles on Internet Sales Tax; White House big data review; transition of National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions; Customs Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization; distinguishing national security related privacy from commercial privacy practices; cell phone geotracking; copyright and trademark infringement; privacy legislation

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Bills named: H.R. 1847 (113th), S. 1379 (113th), H.R. 749 (113th), S. 467 (113th), S. 1976 (113th), H.R. 983 (113th), H.R. 1123 (113th), H.R. 3724 (113th), S. 1897 (113th), H.R. 491 (113th), S. 1995 (113th), H.R. 1468 (113th), H.R. 3990 (113th), H.R. 4660 (113th), S. 336 (113th), S. 2378 (113th), S. 1927 (113th), S. 635 (113th), H.R. 756 (113th), S. 1364 (113th), H.R. 624 (113th), S. 1193 (113th), S. 2437 (113th), H.R. 4711 (113th), H.R. 684 (113th), H.R. 1852 (113th), S. 2171 (113th), H.R. 1312 (113th), S. 639 (113th), S. 517 (113th), S. 1989 (113th), S. 607 (113th)

Insurance INS

H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013 H.R. 1945, Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013 H.R. 2146 / S. 2244, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 H.R. 3370 / S. 1610, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 H.R. 4871, TRIA Reform Act of 2014 S. 1926, A bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes Various issues relating to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program; National Flood Insurance Program

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; General Services Administration (GSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; U.S. Copyright Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 2244 (113th), H.R. 3370 (113th), H.R. 4871 (113th), S. 1610 (113th), H.R. 2146 (113th), H.R. 508 (113th), S. 1926 (113th), H.R. 1945 (113th)