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Retirement RET

Monitoring findings of Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans as it relates to the funding of multi-employer pension plans.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Mediation Board; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation

Health Issues HCR

S.58-Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 173-Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 Lobbying against any efforts to establish a reinsurance tax on union-employer health care trusts

Contacted: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Mediation Board; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: S. 58 (115th), H.R. 173 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Advocating for the passage of S. 1615/H.R.3440-the DREAM Act of 2017 Advocating on behalf of the 320,000 people currently living in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Advocating for the passage of S. 232-A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program Advocating for the termination of the J-1 and H2-B Visa Programs Advocating against S. 792-the Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2017. Advocating against harmful, anti-immigrant legislation and regulations that are too numerous to list.

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Natl Mediation Board; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 792 (115th), H.R. 3440 (115th), S. 232 (115th), S. 1615 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S. 140-A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund. -Opposed to above legislation as well as any other efforts by Congress to take away the rights of American citizens.

Contacted: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Natl Mediation Board; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 140 (115th)

Pharmacy PHA

Advocating for the passage of: H.R. 1245-Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act S. 469-Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R. 1776-Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act Meaningful patent reform around prescription drugs

Contacted: SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Mediation Board; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 469 (115th), H.R. 1776 (115th), H.R. 1245 (115th)

Transportation TRA

-Advocating for the 20,000 UNITE HERE members in the in-flight catering industry. -Lobbying National Mediation Board to follow its own long-held policies and procedures in setting election dates. -Lobbying against efforts to end food and beverage service and other efforts to denigrate service on Amtrak's Long Distance routes.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Mediation Board; State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

-Lobbying against any and all attempts to cap and/or eliminate the employer exclusion for the 177,000,000 Americans who get their health care coverage through their employer. -Monitoring Regulations around Tipped Workers following March passage of changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 prohibiting managers from keeping employees' tips

Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Natl Mediation Board; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Housing HOU

Monitoring legislation and regulations dealing with short-term rentals impacting the country's affordable housing stock.

Contacted: Natl Mediation Board; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 3053 Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018 -Supported Amendment that would allow for consent-based siting of nuclear waste storage.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Mediation Board; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 3053 (115th)