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Immigration IMM

Support for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program legislative fix; support for timely processing of DACA renewal applications; support House Resolution 774 as a vehicle to bring bipartisan bills to the House floor providing a permanent solution for DACA recipients; and concerns with proposed changes by the State department to applications for nonimmigrant visas.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Concerns with implementation of new unrelated business income tax provisions in Public Law No. 115-97, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and support for a delay in the implementation of the provisions.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Health Issues HCR

Concerns about the process by which the Administration has begun assessing tax penalties under the employer shared responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as the employer mandate.

Contacted: Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Concerns with the US Department of Labors (DOL) 2016 final rule updating the white collar exemptions to federal overtime rules, RIN 1235-AA11 and related guidance; support for H.R. 4219, the Workflex in the 21st Century Act, that encourages employers to create generous benefit plans for leave and flexible work arrangements by providing employers that provide such plans with relief from the confusing patchwork of various state and local laws and related tracking and paperwork requirements; and support for and suggestions on the National Science Foundations notice of changes to reporting requirements for findings of sexual harassment, other forms of harassment, or sexual assault.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4219 (115th)