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Health Issues HCR

Issues generally relating to healthcare IT, and to potential for regulation of healthcare IT as medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration (no specific legislation introduced or pending). H.R. 523 - Protect Medical Innovation Act (all provisions).

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 523 (113th)

Veterans VET

Issues generally related to veteran-owned businesses, veterans employment, and pro-veteran employee support efforts (no specific legislation).

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Small Business SMB

Issues generally relating to small and medium-sized businesses, including government regulations, taxation, cloud computing, veteran-owned businesses, security and access to credit (no specific legislation introduced). H.R. 3559 - Entrepreneur in Residence Act of 2013 - Entire bill.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 3559 (113th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 354 - Responsible Helium Administration & Stewardship Act of 2013 - entire bill.

Contacted: White House Office; Education, Dept of; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 354 (113th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues generally relating to online piracy, unfair competition and misappropriation of IT (no specific legislation); Issues generally relating to the use of the International Trade Commission in patent infringement disputes (no specific legislation); Litigation by patent-assertion entities before federal courts and the US International Trade Commission.H.R. 845 - Saving High Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD Act) - issues relating to litigation by patent-assertion entities in Federal Court. S. 1013 - Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 - Entire bill. H.R. 2639 - Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 - Entire bill. H.R. 2024 - End Anonymous Patents Act - Entire bill. S. 866 - Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013 - Entire bill. H.R. 2766 - Stopping Offensive Use of Patents (STOP) Act - Entire bill. President Obama's executive directive (June 4, 2013) on patent-assertion entities, including actions to be taken at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Trade Commission. H.R. 3099 - The Innovation Act of 2013 - Entire bill. S. 1612 - Patent Litigation Intregrity Act of 2013 - Entire bill. S. 1720 - Patent Transparency and Improvement Act of 2013 - Entire bill.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: H.R. 2766 (113th), S. 1013 (113th), S. 1612 (113th), S. 1720 (113th), S. 866 (113th), H.R. 3099 (113th), H.R. 845 (113th), H.R. 2024 (113th), H.R. 2639 (113th)

Defense DEF

Issues generally relating to funding for Department of Defense IT programs (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; SENATE

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues generally relating to consumer data privacy (no specific legislation introduced or pending). S. 607 - Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act of 2013 - issues related to ECPA reform.

Contacted: White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Bills named: S. 607 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 523 - Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 (all provisions); tax policy generally including deferral of foreign-earned income, repatriation, and corporate tax rates (no specific legislation).

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 523 (113th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues generally relating to domestic preferences, remanufactured goods, implementation of trade facilitation/customs measures in Latin America, and trade facilitation for Mercosur customs authorities (no specific legislation introduced or pending). Issues related to China local preferences; issues related to India local preferences (no pending legislation).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (H.J. Res) and GY2014 Federal Government Funding. H.R. 3547 - FY2014 Omnibus Legislation - Language related to the procurement of foreign IT products and service. S. 1329 - FY14 Commerce, Science, Justice Appropriations bill - Language related to the procurement of foreign IT products and service.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 3547 (113th), S. 1329 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues generally relating to export of electronic waste, and to Energy Star and the Electronic Product Assessment Tool (EPEAT) (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Government Issues GOV

Issues generally relating to efficient government operations, including cloud computing, datacenter consolidation, cybersecurity and telework (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; White House Office; Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of

Immigration IMM

Issues generally relating to H1B visas, visas for employees of small business start-up companies, and visas for foreign higher education students (no specific legislation introduced or pending). S. 169 - Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 - entire bill. S. 744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 - entire bill.H.R.2131 - SKILLS Visa Act - Entire Bill

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 2131 (113th), S. 744 (113th), S. 169 (113th)

Education EDU

Issues generally relating to education technology (no specific bill introduced or pending).

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Homeland Security HOM

Issues generally relating to cybersecurity workforce development, supply chain security and cybersecurity procurement (no specific legislation introduced or pending); White House executive order on Cybersecutity - entire issue; CONTINUEDH.R. 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; H.R. 756 - Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013; H.R. 1468 - SECURE IT; S. 21 - Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013 (all provisions). H.R. 3696 - National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Act of 2013 - Entire bill.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1468 (113th), H.R. 756 (113th), H.R. 3696 (113th), S. 21 (113th)