NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION for NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION

Government Issues GOV

Prior approval reform; Regulatory Accountability Act (no bill number), all provisions

Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Maritime Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Reserve System; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office

Education EDU

Career and technical education issues generally; HR2353, Strengthening Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: H.R. 2353 (115th)

Science/Technology SCI

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: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Maritime Commission; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 1390 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act, all provisions; HR1628 - all provisions; HR1101 - Small Business Health Fairness Act, all provisions; HR173/S58 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal 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; S.1818 - Small Business Health Plans Act; HR 4616 - Cadillac Tax; Employer Mandate Delay; H.R.4620 - Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act; 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; Opioids Legislation - mental health parity enforcement. HR 5138, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act, all provisions. DOL proposed rule on Association Health Plans; H.R.6 - Support for Patients and Communities Act, Mental health parity HR 6301 - All Provisions HR 6317 - All Provisions HR 6305 - All Provisions, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 6312 - All Provisions, PHIT Act HR 6309 - All Provisions HR 6199 - All Provisions HR 6306 - All Provisions HR 6313 - All Provisions, Responsible Additions And Increases To Sustain Employee Health Benefits HR 6314 - All Provisions, Health Savings Act HR 6311 - All Provisions HR 3919 - All Provisions, Commonsense Reporting Act S.1908 - Commonsense Reporting Act

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Maritime Commission; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 6313 (115th), H.R. 6306 (115th), H.R. 6301 (115th), S. 1859 (115th), S. 1996 (115th), H.R. 173 (115th), H.R. 5138 (115th), H.R. 4620 (115th), S. 1908 (115th), S. 1818 (115th), H.R. 2919 (115th), H.R. 6317 (115th), H.R. 1101 (115th), H.R. 4200 (115th), H.R. 1628 (115th), H.R. 3919 (115th), H.R. 4616 (115th), H.R. 6 (115th), H.R. 6305 (115th), H.R. 6199 (115th), H.R. 246 (115th), H.R. 6314 (115th), H.R. 6312 (115th), S. 2052 (115th), S. 1978 (115th), H.R. 6311 (115th), H.R. 6309 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Efairness legislation (support HR2193, oppose HR2887, support S976), tax reform, oppose imposition of Value Added Tax, National Retail Sales Tax; Technical corrections to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Maritime Commission; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: H.R. 2887 (115th), H.R. 2193 (115th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Communicate retail views on the importance of international trade and the global value chain. Communicate views on a renegotiation and modernization of NAFTA; 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, H.R. 4979 - to extend The Generalized System of Preferences and to make and to make technical changes to the competitive need limitations provision of the program - support the bill. - Oppose Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs - Oppse Section 301 China Tariffs

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Maritime Commission; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1662 (115th), H.R. 4979 (115th)

Banking BAN

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, including discussion draft of House Financial Services Committee data breach legislation; 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. Implementation of SEC CEO Pay Ratio Reporting (PL 111-203)

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Maritime Commission; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Bills named: H.R. 10 (115th)

Transportation TRA

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 The DRIVE-Safe Act (HR.5358), all provisions (Developing Responsible Individuals for a Vibrant Economy) House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation + Infrastructure -letter offering change to law to allow commercial activities at federal interstate highway right-of-way and rest stop areas. Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (HR 3353, S1655) - Support the bill. Support improvements to truck productivity. Support Denham Amendment to clarify state meal and rest break requirements.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Maritime Commission; Federal Reserve System; White House Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 5358 (115th), S. 1532 (115th), H.R. 3353 (115th)

Postal POS

U.S. Postal Service reform - communication of retail industry views; S.2629 Postal Service Reform Act of 2018 - Support; Communicate retail views on the United States Postal Service to the White House Task Force on the United States Postal Service.

Contacted: SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Maritime Commission; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 2629 (115th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S577, Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Ace, all provisions; HR1314, Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act, all provisions; HR1315 RFS Reform Act, all provisions; sought sponsor for draft legislation to modify Renewable Fuel Standard. The GREENER Fuels Act (Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible Fuels Act)

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Maritime Commission; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1315 (115th), H.R. 1314 (115th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Discussions regarding proposed legislation & agency proposals 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; including discussion draft of House Financial Services Committee data breach legislation; CPSC Oversight issues - overall agency review on key issues. Support nominations of CPSC Chairman Anne Marie Buerkle, Dana Baiocco and Peter Feldman to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Contacted: White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Maritime Commission; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Immigration IMM

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Generally.

Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Maritime Commission; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

NLRB Specialty Healthcare decision; NLRB Rule on Representation; part-time scheduling generally; paid leave issues generally; 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; HR4734/S.2203, Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act; DOL Tip Regulations; Americans with Disabilities Act (ABA; S.2810/HR 5728 Workplace Democracy Act

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Maritime Commission; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2775 (115th), H.R. 2776 (115th), H.R. 3441 (115th), H.R. 4219 (115th), H.R. 2629 (115th), H.R. 4734 (115th), S. 2203 (115th), S. 2810 (115th), S. 1350 (115th), S. 1217 (115th), H.R. 5728 (115th)