What was lobbied
14 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
U.S. Postal Service reform - communication of retail industry views; Postal Service Reform Act (HR756) - support
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Maritime Commission; White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Bills named:
H.R. 756 (115th)
Prior approval reform; Regulatory Accountability Act (no bill number), all provisions
Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Maritime Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Communicate retail views on the importance of international trade and the global value chain. Communicate views on a renegotiation and modernization of NAFTA; Support inclusion of GSP benefits for travel goods for all GSP member countries; Support renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences, Support improvements to duty drawback, Support the Miscellaneous Trade Bill process; communicate retail views on trade remedy actions and the impact to downstream consumers. EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program implementation and annual review issues; S118, Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2017 - all provisions; oppose lifting of inclusion of shrimp and abalone fish from Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP), as provided for in 513 of S.1662 in FY 2018 appropriation
Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Maritime Commission; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)
Bills named:
S. 1662 (115th)
Update House and Senate on Interchange/swipe fee reform issues, including competitive routing and pending surcharge legislation in states; provide retailers perspective of issues in implementing mobile payment systems; data security and breach notification as it relates to sensitive financial data; discuss views of retail industry regarding EMV transition, fraud costs, Chip and PIN, tokenization, encryption, chargebacks, competition in debit routing and other payment innovation;HR10 Financial Choice Act, oppose provisions to repeal Durbin amendment of Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010; anticipated Data Breach Insurance Act, shared retail views on tax credits for purchase of data breach insurance, implementing cyber framework, tokenization, P2P encryption.
Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Maritime Commission; Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Bills named:
H.R. 10 (115th)
Port related issues -- congestion, metrics, ocean carrier alliances, detention / demurrage. Transportation related issues -- freight policy, truck productivity, funding infrastructure. No Human Trafficking on our Roads (S.1532) - support FY18 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Act (HR3353, S1655) -passenger facility charge -truck productivity
Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Maritime Commission; White House Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA)
Bills named:
H.R. 3353 (115th), S. 1532 (115th)
Efairness legislation (support HR2193, oppose HR2887, support S976), tax reform, oppose imposition of Value Added Tax, National Retail Sales Tax; Support H.R.1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; modify interest deduction elimination; small business issues
Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Maritime Commission; White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Bills named:
H.R. 2887 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th), H.R. 2193 (115th)
Affordable Care Act, all provisions; HR1628 - American Health Care Act, all provisions; HR1101 - Small Business Health Fairness Act, all provisions; HR173/S58 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, all provisions; Better Care Reconciliation Act, all provisions. H.R. 246 Jobs and Premium Protection Act; S.1859 - Healthcare Tax Relief Act; S.1978 - Small Business and Family Health Tax Relief Act; H.R. 3956: STARS Act; S.1818 - Small Business Health Plans Act; HR 4616 - Cadillac Tax; Employer Mandate Delay; H.R.4620 - Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act; HR4618 - Over the Counter Drugs; HR4200/S.2052 - H.R. 4200: Healthcare Market Certainty and Mandate Relief Act; S. 1996/HR 2919 Commonsense Reporting Act; Cadillac Tax; ERISA; Alexander - Murray - Individual Market Stabilization; Sen. Pauls Association Health Plan Draft
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Maritime Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Bills named:
H.R. 4200 (115th), H.R. 173 (115th), H.R. 4616 (115th), S. 2052 (115th), H.R. 3956 (115th), H.R. 4620 (115th), H.R. 2919 (115th), H.R. 4618 (115th), H.R. 246 (115th), H.R. 1628 (115th), S. 1978 (115th), S. 1859 (115th), S. 1996 (115th), S. 1818 (115th), H.R. 1101 (115th)
S577, Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Ace, all provisions; HR1314, Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Ace, all provisions; HR1315 RFS Reform Act, all provisions; sought sponsor for draft legislation to modify Renewable Fuel Standard.
Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Maritime Commission; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Bills named:
H.R. 1314 (115th), H.R. 1315 (115th)
Discussions regarding proposed legislation & agency reports affecting the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information and self-regulatory programs providing protection for consumers; communication of retail views regarding data security and breach notification laws and procedures in protecting customer information; proposed federal breach notification and data security standards; CPSC Oversight issues - overall agency review on key issues; HR2520, BROWSER Act of 2017-all provisions; EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program implementation and annual review issues; S118, Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2017 - all provisions; and discussion drafts of retail bots legislation.
Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Maritime Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)
Bills named:
H.R. 2520 (115th)
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Generally.
Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); White House Office
Career and technical education issues generally; HR2353, Strengthening Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Maritime Commission; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Bills named:
H.R. 2353 (115th)
NLRB Specialty Healthcare decision; NLRB Rule on Representation; part-time scheduling generally; paid leave issues generally; OSHA Rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses; Compensation equity issues generally; HR 2776/S.1350, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, all provisions; H.R.2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act, all provisions; Fair Labor Standards Act generally; S.1217/HR2629, Representation Fairness Restoration Act, all provisions; NLRB Joint Employment Standard; Dept of Labor Changes to Overtime Rules; FY2018 Appropriations - NLRB. HR 3441, Save Local Business Act; Reforms to Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Sets; EEOC Wellness Regulations; HR4219, Workflex in the 21st Century Act; HR4570/S.2203, Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act; DOL Tip of Regulations
Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Maritime Commission
Bills named:
H.R. 4570 (115th), H.R. 3441 (115th), H.R. 2776 (115th), H.R. 2775 (115th), S. 1217 (115th), H.R. 2629 (115th), S. 2203 (115th), H.R. 4219 (115th), S. 1350 (115th)
Patent reform - communicating impact of patent infringement claims, demand letters and patent litigation on retail business practices. Oppose S. 1390, STRONGER Patents Act, concerns with provisions to dismantle IPR, overturn Supreme Court decisions, and approach to addressing demand letters.
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Maritime Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Bills named:
S. 1390 (115th)
Support efforts to define and criminalize organized retail crime
Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Maritime Commission
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