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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to International Trade Including Multilateral & Bilateral Trade Agreements: Digital Trade: U.S.- Kenya FTA; The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA); US-Japan FTA; US-EU FTA; US-UK FTA, provisions relating to 5G and Open RAN; WTO; Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Bilateral Trade Issues: China 301 investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, China World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance; China market access; India data localization; Indonesia Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Defense DEF

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: H.R. 6395, S. 4049 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, including provisions and amendments concerning the U.S. semiconductor industry, 5G development, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence; implementation of H.R. 5515, S. 2987, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY2019, provisions related to software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; H.R. 2500, S. 1790, FY2020 NDAA, provisions related to cloud, AI, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs; delay of implementation of Sec. 889 of FY2019 NDAA.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of

Bills named: S. 4049 (116th), S. 2987 (116th), H.R. 6395 (116th), H.R. 2500 (116th), H.R. 5515 (116th), S. 1790 (116th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Civil Rights: H.R. 7120 George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020; Justice Act in the Senate.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 7120 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Domestic and International Tax, including Tax Treaties: Implementing U.S. Treasury regulations and follow on issues from H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, TCJA, Public Law No. 115-97; Proposed regulations on "Classification of Cloud Transactions and Transactions Involving Digital Content" new section 1.861-19 and amendment of -18 regulations. Global Digital Taxes, e.g. DSTs; U.S. Treasury guidelines and related regulations on OECD "Addressing Tax Challenges of Digitalization" and BEPS 2.0; implementation of OECD Base Erosion Profit-Shifting ( BEPS) recommendations. S. 604 "Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act", and companion bill H.R. 4796; S. 3995 "The Remote and Mobile Workers Relief Act". Bilateral income tax treaties pending before the Senate, e.g., Chile; and support for treaties under negotiation. H.R. 5240 "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the look-thru for related controlled foreign corporations permanent"; work on Senate companion bill. Carbon Emissions pricing issues.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 5240 (116th), H.R. 4796 (116th), S. 604 (116th), H.R. 1 (116th), S. 3995 (116th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Intellectual Property, including Patents, Copyright, and Trademarks: Patent Eligible Subject Matter Legislation; Transitional Covered Business Method Patent Review Proceeding.

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: Draft House and Senate FY 2021 Defense Appropriations, Energy and Water, relating to supply chain management and trusted technologies, quantum computing and information sciences, and veterans affairs; Senate FY 2021 Appropriations related to cloud computing; H.R. 7617 FY 2021 Defense, CJS, and Energy and Water Appropriations. H.R. 748, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or CARES Act; H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund, provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; H.R. 8406, Revised Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund.

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 8406 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 7617 (116th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Carbon Emissions pricing issues; U.S. participation in Paris Climate Accord.

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Education, Workforce Training & Related Matters: Workforce Development Initiative -- Ideas for Apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; Higher Education Act reauthorization; S. 2557, the Student Aid Improvement Act; S. 839, H.R. 3497, the JOBS Act; Federal Work Study Experimental Site Initiative; Draft Reauthorizing the National Apprenticeship Act, Increasing Federal Support for Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs). Implementation of H.R. 2353, The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. H.R. 4674, the College Affordability Act.

Contacted: White House Office; Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 2557 (116th), H.R. 4674 (116th), H.R. 3497 (116th), S. 839 (116th), H.R. 2353 (116th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Labor, Workplace & Benefits Policy: S. 788 - The Equality Act; Paid Family & Medical Leave (no bill); H.R. 1185, The Family Act; H.R. 1044, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (Senate amendment to HR 1044); S.2976 - Advancing Support for Working Families Act; H.R. 6 "American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, S.874 "Dream Act of 2019". S.1895, the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019; Surprise Medical bills legislation.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: S. 874 (116th), H.R. 6 (116th), S. 1895 (116th), S. 788 (116th), H.R. 1185 (116th), H.R. 1044 (116th), S. 2976 (116th)

Computer Industry CPI

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, IoT, quantum computing, and weather modeling; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); S. 4758, the See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; European Court of Justice Schrems II Decision. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S. 2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; IoT security policy.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: S. 3933 (116th), S. 4758 (116th), H.R. 8279 (116th), H.R. 6227 (116th), H.R. 6978 (116th), S. 2200 (116th), H.R. 7178 (116th), S. 3143 (116th), S. 2775 (116th), H.R. 7327 (116th), H.R. 5823 (116th), S. 3398 (116th), S. 3712 (116th), H.R. 6216 (116th), H.R. 8303 (116th), S. 4066 (116th), H.R. 7096 (116th), S. 4130 (116th), S. 1558 (116th), S. 3189 (116th), H.R. 6624 (116th), H.R. 1361 (116th)